Peacock and Goose

c. 1600

Adriaen Collaert

Associated Names
Adriaen Collaert

Artist, Flemish, Flemish, 1560 - 1618

The image is an etching depicting a landscape with a peacock and a goose in the foreground. In the distance, there is a village with small buildings, a bridge over a river, hills, trees, and a cloudy sky. The scene is rendered in monochromatic tones with intricate detailing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13 × 18.8 cm (5 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 13.6 × 19.7 cm (5 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1972.28.90

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1413, State ii/ii

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. 1413, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

above bird on left in plate: Pauo; above bird on right in plate: Anser; lower right in plate: Adrian. Collaert excud.; lower right in plate: 10; lower left in plate: 10.

Wikidata ID

Q65564316

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