Balaam and the Angel

1554

Dirck Volckertz Coornhert, after Maerten van Heemskerck

Associated Names
Dirck Volckertz Coornhert

Artist, Netherlandish, 1522 - 1590

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Maerten van Heemskerck

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving [left plate of 2 plates] on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.9 x 42 cm (11 3/8 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.57

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 77 i/ii

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. 77, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate [on rock]: Hieronymus Cock excude. / 1554 / DVC [interlaced] fecit; lower center in plate: cum gratia et privilegio / per An. 6; lower right in plate: Martinus / Hemskerck / Inventor; lower margin in plate: QVO VAESANE RVIS: QVID VERBERE CEDIS INQVIO / INSONTEM BALAAME ASINAM: DABIS IMPIE POENAS. / COGNOSTI VERVM, SED VERO OBSISTERE PERGIS / CONSILIO HORRENDO, NEC TE MENS CONSCIA TERRET; by later hand, upper right, in graphite: L590

Wikidata ID

Q76559129

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