Moses with the Tablets of Law

1620-1640

Ludwig Büsinck

Artist, German, c. 1590 - 1669

Melchior Tavernier

Publisher, French, 1594 - 1665

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut (black line block and two brown tone blocks)

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 39 × 28.3 cm (15 3/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1981.52.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

recto: in block, at right: G. Lalleman. Inv:/ L. Büsinck. scu:; verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

bunch of grapes

Wikidata ID

Q74037164

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