Bird Dropping Blinding Tobit

c. 1565

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum, after Hans Bol

Associated Names
Johannes van Doetechum the Elder

Artist, Netherlandish, 1528/1532 - 1605

Lucas van Doetechum

Artist, Netherlandish, active 1554-1572; died before 1589

Gerard de Jode

Publisher, Flemish, 1509 or 1517 - 1591

Hans Bol

Artist After, Flemish, Flemish, 1534 - 1593

The image displays a detailed landscape from a high vantage point, showcasing a bustling rural scene. The horizon line is near the top of the image, partially hidden by rolling hills and distant mountains. The artwork shows intricate textures through fine lines and hatching, particularly in the foliage and buildings. It has a monochromatic color palette of black and white, emphasizing lines and shapes. A tree is close to us on the right, next to a building with a woman outside. Various animals and small figures are dispersed through the middle area, leading towards a town with clustered buildings and two windmills. In the distance, the landscape continues with trees, hills, and architectural elements. The sky contains clouds and birds, adding depth and movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.7 × 32.2 cm (9 5/16 × 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.5 × 34 cm (10 1/16 × 13 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1975.65.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein (The Van Doetecum family), no. 423, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kupferstichkabinett, Kunstmuseum, Basel (Lugt 222b and Lugt 5902); (Kennedy Galleries, New Yok); purchased 1975 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam, 1951: III (Hans Bol): no. 207.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The Van Doetecum Family, Henk Nalis, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1998: Part II, no. 423, i/ii; (Hans Bol, Ursula Mielke, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2015: Part I, no. 30, i/ii; (The De Jode Dynasty, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2018: Part I, no. 177, i/ii.

Inscriptions

in image, bottom center, in plate: H Bol inuentor; in margin below image, in plate: Senior Tobias se quieti tradens passerum Stercore c[a]ecus fit; in margin below image, at right, in plate: 1; in margin below plate, at far right: Gerar: d Jode excude:; verso, ‌lower right, in graphite by a later hand: Die Tobias... / IKM [in rectangle]/6; verso, vertically at upper right, in graphite by a later hand: Dublette, verglichen P-B; verso, lower left, vertically, in graphite by a later hand: Bol, Hans

Wikidata ID

Q65568748

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