The Deluge, c. 1530

Not on View

Medium

woodcut from two blocks on two joined sheets of laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 47.1 x 67.3 cm (18 9/16 x 26 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 1

Accession Number

2004.114.1

Artists / Makers

Willem Liefrinck (artist) Flemish, died c. 1538-1546

Jan van Scorel (artist after) Netherlandish, 1495 - 1562

Willem Liefrinck (publisher) Flemish, died c. 1538-1546

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

recto, lower right, stamped in black ink: [Lugt 971, mark of Friedrich August II]

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971); Samuel Josefowitz, Zurich (inv. no. A-274); (R.M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara); purchased 2004 by NGA.

Associated Names

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony
Private Collection c/o Josefowitz
Stogdon, N.G.

Exhibition History

2004: Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Liefrinck Dynasty, Jeroen Luyckx, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2021: no. 1