Fantastic Heads

1638

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, after Jacques de Gheyn III

Associated Names
Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Artist, Dutch, 1598 - 1657

Jacques de Gheyn III

Artist After, Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641

The image shows a collection of lines and shapes forming an abstract composition with multiple profiles of faces merging together. The swirling lines create textures with some faces looking forward and others more hidden in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.7 × 8.3 cm (4 5/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.67.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 22, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

D'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Westphalila (Lugt 567); (Lucien Goldschmidt, New York); purchased by NGA, 1971.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 114.

2000

  • The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (De Gheyn Family, Jan Piet Filedt Kok and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2000, "De Gheyn III," no. 22, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65571031

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