The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1615

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 20.2 x 15.4 cm (7 15/16 x 6 1/16 in.); cut within platemark

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 14, State v/vi

Accession Number

2011.139.14

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Jacob Matham (publisher) Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in plate: Cum privil. Sa. Cae. Mts / HGoltzius Fecit / I. Matham excud. / 1615; by later hand, in brown ink: obit inte operis [not deciphered]

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London, October 1990); Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 21.

1921: Hirschmann, Otto. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) mit Benutzung der durch E.W. Moest hinterlassenen Notizen zusammengestellt. Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1921. Reprint. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &Bie: no. 15 iv/v

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 14, v/vi.