Jael and Sisera, 1588

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 27 x 16.8 cm (10 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

sheet: 27.6 x 16.8 cm (10 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jacob Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein no. 293, ii/ii

Accession Number

2002.98.233

Artists / Makers

Jacob Matham (artist) Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in image: 1.; lower center in image: HG (in monogram) excud.; lower center in plate: Transfigens Sisare clavo cava... / ...pectore nomen habet

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1970; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob
Tunick, Inc., David

Exhibition History

2002: An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, as Jael and Sisera (after Hendrik Goltzius) by Jacob Matham.

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. (Jacob Matham, Léna Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 293, ii/ii.