Moses

published 1613

Theodor Galle

Artist, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.4 x 13.4 cm (6 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 24.3 x 18.8 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1974.55.7.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 5, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Clarence S. Brigham; Grolier Club, New York; (David Tunick Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 1974.

Associated Names

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. (Johannes Stradanus, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 5, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: 2.; around oval in plate: Dux populi, Legisque dator, quem regia virgo MOYSES. Vix natum rapido flumine fortè tulit.

Watermarks

close to Heawood 2894

Wikidata ID

Q75125585

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