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Jan Sadeler I, after Maarten van Cleef

Jan Sadeler I: Flemish, 1550 - 1600

Maarten van Cleef: Flemish, c. 1527 - 1581

The Plague of Locusts
The Story of Moses (series)
c.1585: engraving on laid paper; plate: 19.9 × 28.6 cm (7 13/16 × 11 1/4 in.); sheet: 20.9 × 29.5 cm (8 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.); Hollstein, no. 57; Gift of Charles Hack; 2012.91.5; Not on View

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Inscription

below image in plate: Grassatur pestis, sevit post ulcera grando. Arna locust tenent. densaque fit nebula. Exod: 9.10.; 5

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Hack, Charles

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. 57

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