The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus

c. 1615

Robert de Baudous

Publisher, Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.5 x 25.2 cm (6 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.5 x 33 cm (10 7/16 x 13 in.)

  • Accession

    2011.139.139

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 573, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Edward Peart, London (1756 or 1758 - 1826) (Lugt 892).Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

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: no. 549.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 573, i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: H. G. inv.; Rob. de Badous Exc. 2; lower center in plate: Abstrusum ut Tÿrij ... / ... sinuamine perdit. / G. Rÿckius; by later hand in graphite, lower left of mount: Ovid Met. III 2 (1005) / B. III p. 108/63 Ovid Met III, 2, 2; The dragon devouring the companions of Cadmus; by later hand, in graphite, lower right of mount: dwg in Hamburg cf Reznicek 102, pl. 122 (dated 1590)

Wikidata ID

Q76559420

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