Winter

1589

Jacob Matham

Artist, Dutch, 1571 - 1631

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet (diameter): 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein no. 218


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Füssli (1755-1829), Zurich (Lugt 1008); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 10.

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

1980

  • The Illustrated Bartsch 4, New York, 1980: 143.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Léna Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 218.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 10.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate below figure: HG Inuent.; upper center in plate above figure: Hyems.; around circumference in plate: Alget et ante focum torpescit Bruma niualis, Pellita cingens frigida membra toga. Anni babentis senium capricorne reducis Te radiante stupet terra sepulta riue.; by later hand, center left verso in graphite: 9[?]7; by later hands, lower center verso in graphite: Matham / L. 1008 / 33698

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75121488


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