Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

1580s?

Raphael Sadeler I, after Bartholomaeus Spranger

Associated Names
Raphael Sadeler I

Artist, Flemish, 1560/1561 - 1628 or 1632

Bartholomaeus Spranger

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1546 - 1611

The image shows a man with a long beard and wavy hair seated at an easel, engaged in painting or drawing. He is in a slightly reclined position, using one hand to gesture and the other to hold a brush. He wears a long robe that drapes over the chair. Winged figures, including angels, are around him, with one standing beside him and others in the background. In the upper part of the image, a celestial scene unfolds with a woman holding a child, surrounded by clouds and cherubs. The setting features clouds and rays of light illuminating the upper part, contrasting with the detailed figures below.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20 × 12.6 cm (7 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.2 × 22 cm (11 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.155.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 65

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2017 by NGA.

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 Hertzberger: no. 65

Inscriptions

lower right in image: B. Spranger invent. R. Sadeler fec.; lower center in plate: An pueri, an magnae genitricis imagine vultum / Aspiciam LVCA; reddis utrumque benè / Bluandulus est natus bland est virguncula mater / Artificum destrae quodque imentur habent.

Wikidata ID

Q77260985

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