Aeneas Saving His Father from Troy

Ludwig Büsinck after Georges Lallemand

Associated Names
Ludwig Büsinck

Artist, German, c. 1590 - 1669

Georges Lallemand

Artist After, French, 1598 or before - 1640

This is a drawing of three figures. The central figure is carrying two smaller figures on their shoulder. They seem to be in motion, with a chaotic and fiery background. The figures display distress and vulnerability. The drawing features intricate linework and depicts a cityscape with smoke and flames on the left and vegetation on the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks in tan and black

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.8 x 21.8 cm (13 11/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.5 x 23.5 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.79.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector, initial D (Lugt 712)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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

1973

  • Strauss, W.L., CHIAROSCURO, Greenwich, CT: 1973, 94.

Inscriptions

lower left in block: G. Lallemand in. / Busnick fe:

Markings

recto: none; verso: in blue-black ink: D [unidentified, Lugt 3520?]

Watermarks

none?

Wikidata ID

Q74066080

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