Two Recumbent Sheep

1670

Adriaen van de Velde

Artist, Dutch, 1636 - 1672

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.2 x 9.8 cm (2 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 7.6 x 10.3 cm (3 x 4 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.64

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 15, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Dutuit 15.

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

1978

  • Illustrated Bartsch, 1978: 15.

Inscriptions

lower left to lower center in plate: A.V.V.F. 1670; lower right in margin in plate: A; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 48; by later hand, lower left to lower center verso in graphite: 15

Wikidata ID

Q75122248

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