Pia Desideria Emblematis

published 1628

Herman Hugo

Author, Flemish, 1588 - 1629

Christoffel van Sichem II

Illustrator, Dutch, c. 1581 - 1658

Hendrik Aertssens

Publisher, Flemish, 1586 - 1658

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: ill: 47 full-page woodcuts by Christoffel van Sichem II; tailpieces include 2 woodcuts (white on black, copied from engravings by Étienne Delaune) each repeated several times

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    page size: 12.1 x 8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.56.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 40

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

C.R. Jandel?[1]; Wynne Jeudwine (bookplate); Bromer Booksellers, Boston; purchased 1993 by NGA.
[1] Inscribed above illustration on title page: Ex Biblioth C. R. Ja[n?]de[l?].

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

Inscriptions

on title page: PIA / DESIDERIA / Emblematis, / Elegiis & affectibus / SS. PATRVM / Illustrata, / AVTHORE / HERMANNO HVGONE / Societatis IESV. / AD / VRBANVM VIII. / PONT.MAX. / Sculpsit Christophorus à Sichem, pro P.I.P. / Typis HENRICI AERTSSENII, / ANTVERPIAE M. DC. XXIII.

Markings

BP: W R H J with scorpion

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