Henoch and His Family at a Meal

1586

Jan Sadeler I

Artist/publisher, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ramon Osuna

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.5 × 27.4 cm (8 1/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.9 × 27.2 cm (8 1/4 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.209.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 33

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Auguste Riedinger [second half of the 19th century], Augsburg (Lugt 167). Ramon Osuna, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2019.

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 33

Inscriptions

upper center in image: V; lower left in image: I Sadl: auct et sculpt ex; lower right in image: Gene: 5; M. de vos figur:; lower center in image: Septima stirpis Ade poles sanctusque propheta / Exstitit, ante suum Domino gratissima raptum. / Plus tria bis numerans Henoch quinquennia vitae / Mathusalam genuit sinceri pignus amoris

Watermarks

fleur de lys

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