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c. 1595

Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows a close-up of two figures, a man and a woman, depicted from the waist up. They are positioned closely together, facing each other with the woman's face slightly turned towards her partner while both lean in intimately. The woman's facial features are classic, with a smooth complexion and delicate features. Her hair is styled elegantly, pulled up with curls framing her face. She is wearing a necklace of round beads and an off-shoulder garment adorned with floral patterns. The man's expression is attentive, with curly hair and strong features. His arm wraps around the woman's shoulder. The background features draped fabric, adding a romantic atmosphere to the scene, with fine lines and shading that give depth to the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 17.5 × 12.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4642

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 105


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

  • "Writing on Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, 1470-1700", The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle; The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, 2000-2001, no. 39.

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

2000

  • Sherman, Claire Richter. Writing on Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe. Exh. cat. The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 2000, no. 30.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: 5; in plate, below image: two lines of Latin verse; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: B 99

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64958931

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