Aggaeus

published 1613

Theodor Galle after Jan van der Straet

Associated Names
Theodor Galle

Artist, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

Jan van der Straet

Artist After, Flemish, 1523 - 1605

The image shows a detailed engraving of a person's upper body in a half-length portrait. The person appears with their head slightly tilted downward and to the side, eyes closed. Their facial features include a detailed face with an aquiline nose and slightly parted lips, framed by curly, shoulder-length hair. The person wears a textured garment with intricate patterns on one side and a simpler fabric on the other, with a voluminous sleeve extending beyond the frame. They are illustrated resting an elbow on a surface and holding a pen. The background features an oval frame with engraved text surrounding it.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.2 x 13.3 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 24.3 x 19 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1974.55.7.r

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 21, State i/ii

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. 21, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: 18.; around oval in plate: Increpo Iudaeos Templum inftaurare morantes: AGGAEVS. Ut properent, multis Sedulus infto modis.

Wikidata ID

Q75125650

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