Moses and Aaron before the Pharaoh, c.1585

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series Title

The Story of Moses

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 19.1 × 28.9 cm (7 1/2 × 11 3/8 in.)

sheet: 20.8 × 29.4 cm (8 3/16 × 11 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Hack

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 32

Accession Number

2012.91.2

Artists / Makers

Johan Wierix (artist) Flemish, 1549 - 1618 or after

Maarten van Cleef (artist after) Flemish, c. 1527 - 1581

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in image: I.H.W.; along lower edge: Ad regem veniunt Aron cum Mose profecti; Fut baculus serpens et cruor inda rubet Exod: 7.; by later hand, verso in graphite: Aron et Moise arrivent chez le roi (Pharoan) le baton du [not deciphered] en serpent et le sang rouge l'onde

Provenance

Charles Hack, New York; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Hack, Charles

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 32