Landscape with Roger Liberating Angelica

1565

Cornelis Cort after Titian

Associated Names
Cornelis Cort

Artist, Netherlandish, 1533 - 1578

Titian

Artist After, Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576

The artwork shows a landscape with a reclining figure near a tree, a dragon-like creature, ruins, a fortified structure, a river flowing under an arched bridge, and architectural elements on the horizon. The sky is filled with swirling clouds, and an armored figure rides a lion. The engraving features fine lines and intricate details, with a grayscale color palette creating contrast through light and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 30.3 x 44.7 cm (11 15/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.29.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 192, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Mariette II [1634-1716], Paris (Lugt 1789), by 1668; Jean Mariette [probably 1654-1742], Paris (Lugt 1488), by 1728; Jan Frederik Bianchi [1878-1963], Amsterdam (Lugt 3761); (William H. Schab, New York); purchase by NGA, 1981.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1984.

1993

  • Graven Images: The Rise of Professional Printmakers in Antwerp and Haarlem, 1540-1640, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Evanston, Illinois; Ackland Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, no. 56.

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. (Cornelis Cort, Manfred Sellink author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 192, state i/iv.

Inscriptions

in plate at bottom left: Cun Privilegio; in plate at bottom center: 1565; in plate at bottom right: Titianus; verso, in later hand, in brown ink: P. Mariette, 1668; verso, by later hand, in brown ink: J. Mariette 1728 filius[?] P.; verso, by later hand, in graphite: C. de Cort

Wikidata ID

Q74036995

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