Fantastic Heads

1638

Bartholomeus Breenbergh

Artist, Dutch, 1598 - 1657

Jacques de Gheyn III

Artist After, Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641

Bartholomeus Breenbergh, after Jacques de Gheyn III

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.5 × 8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 12.2 × 8.8 cm (4 13/16 × 3 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.67.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 23, 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. 23, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65571033


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