The Virgin and Joseph at the Inn

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 shows a scene from an elevated point of view, displaying figures, buildings, and activities in a town. The horizon is in the upper third of the image, with a sky featuring clouds and a symbol in a radiant disk. The architectural structures include medieval-style buildings with steep roofs. In the foreground, three figures in Eastern attire interact with a resident at the entrance of a thatch-roofed building, next to a donkey with a bundle. The etching style features fine lines and hatched shading, portraying textures and details. The color palette is monochromatic, with sepia or gray tones. People in the town are engaged in various activities around a central well, creating a sense of movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 15.4 × 20.6 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.371

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 237, 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. 237, state only; (Hans Bol, Ursula Mielke, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2015: Part I, no. 83.

Inscriptions

lower left, in plate, in image: .A.C fec.; lower left center, in plate, in image: .H. Bol. Inu.; lower right center, in plate, in image:.Sadl. exc.; lower right, in plate, in image: .1.5.8.5.; below image, in plate: Per glacies imbresque, et seua incommoda brumæ / Bethlemum grauida vetulus cum coniuge Joseph / Festinat maria, ( Edicto dum Cæsaris audit ) / Nec locus hospitio tota datur ullus in urbe. Luc 2

Markings

none

Wikidata ID

Q65506470

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