A Giraffe, a Chameleon, a Civet, and an Antelope

c. 1597

Adriaen Collaert

Artist, Flemish, Flemish, 1560 - 1618

Adriaen Collaert

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G24

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.2 × 18.8 cm (4 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 12.6 × 19.3 cm (4 15/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1972.28.87

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1479, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Animalium Quadrupedum: pl.17 [New Holl. 1462-1481]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc., New York); purchased by the NGA, 1972.

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

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1479, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65564309

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