The King Forgiving His Servant His Debt

1554

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert after Maerten van Heemskerck

Associated Names
Dirck Volckertz Coornhert

Artist, Netherlandish, 1522 - 1590

Maerten van Heemskerck

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

This is a monochrome drawing featuring several figures in a regal scene. The central figure wears a crown and holds a scepter, standing on a platform with three steps. Another figure kneels before them, appearing to plead or beg. Surrounding the central figure are men engaged in conversation or observation. The setting includes tiled flooring, a view of exterior architecture through a door or window, and scattered scrolls and objects on the floor. The drawing relies on detailed line work and shading for depth and detail.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.7 x 19 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.24

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 339, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (van Doetecum family, Henk Nalis author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 339, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower margin in plate: Dominus servo suo debitum decies mille talentorum condonat. i./ DVC [interlaced]; by later hand, upper right verso, in graphite: 329; by later hand, lower center verso, in graphite: Coornhert after Heemskerck / K. 75. 1

Watermarks

escutchen with rooster, surmounted by a clover

Wikidata ID

Q76559023

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