A Young Man Playing a Psalterium

c. 1600

Christoffel van Sichem I

Artist, Dutch, 1546 - 1624

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to borderline): 30.8 x 21.6 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.60

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 734, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

G. Storck (1766-1836), Milan (Lugt 2319)[1]; Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.
[1] in pen on verso of print: G. Storck a Milano 1798 / In. No. 825

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 6.

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

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 734.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 6.

Inscriptions

upper left in block: HG / CVSichem. / Scalp. et. / excub.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 17 (twice); by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: DTMMLHAX; by later hands, lower left verso in graphite: P / No 4 / A20286

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75119149

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