Landscape with Roger Liberating Angelica

1565

Cornelis Cort after Titian

Associated Names
Cornelis Cort

Artist, Netherlandish, 1533 - 1578

Titian

Artist After, Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576

The image features a sprawling landscape with natural and architectural elements. In the foreground, a reclining nude figure rests beside a tree with intricate leaves. A dragon-like creature is beside her, while a jug emits light smoke nearby. In the background, there are medieval-style buildings, including a circular fortress and a detailed bridge over a river. The structures are set on rocky terrain, with swirling clouds in the sky above. Among the clouds, a mythological figure riding a lion is depicted. The color scheme is monochromatic with varying shades of greyscale, typical of engraved works.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper backed with heavy laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 30.8 × 44.8 cm (12 1/8 × 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.7.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 192, State ii/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

Bibliography

1948

  • Bierens de Haan, Johan Catharinus Justus. L'oeuvre gravé de Cornelis Cort, graveur hollandais. The Hague, 1948.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Cornelis Cort, Manfred Sellink author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 192, ii/iv

Inscriptions

in plate at bottom left: Cun Privilegio; in plate at bottom center: 1565; in plate at bottom right: Titianus Cornelio cort. f[e]

Wikidata ID

Q75425882

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