The Angel Telling Joseph to Flee and the Flight into Egypt

1585

Adriaen Collaert after Hans Bol

Associated Names
Adriaen Collaert

Artist, Flemish, Flemish, 1560 - 1618

Jan Sadeler I

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Hans Bol

Artist After, Flemish, Flemish, 1534 - 1593

The image displays a scene with a wide expanse of activity viewed from a slightly elevated angle. The horizon line is high in the composition, showing a village, mountains, intricate architectural elements, and landscape with detailed line work typical of etching techniques. The color palette is black and white. Close to us on the left are figures and animals under a roof structure, with a tree and a bird. In the distance on the right, figures traverse a path bordered by trees and buildings, suggesting a narrative flow moving across the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 15.3 × 20.9 cm (6 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.360

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 226, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1962; gift to NGA, 1964.

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.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2005: Part II, no. 226, state only; (Hans Bol, Ursula Mielke, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2015: Part I, no. 72.

Inscriptions

lower left, in plate, in image: .1.5.8.5.; lower left center, in plate, in image: .H. Bol. Inu.; lower right center, in plate, in image: A,C, fec.; lower right, in plate, in image: .Sadl. exc.; below image, in plate: Dum glacialis hyems tectis se condere suadet, / Josephum insomnis monet angelus ethere missus, / Ut subito fugiat cum prole & coniuge dirum / Herodem, infantum spirantem pectore cedes. Matt 2

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65506449

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