Moses and Aaron before the Pharaoh

c.1585

Johan Wierix

Artist, Flemish, 1549 - 1618 or after

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Hack

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    2012.91.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q76560797

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