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Jacques de Gheyn II

Witchcraft Scene with a Vampire [recto]

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown iron gall ink over black chalk

Dimensions

overall: 32.3 x 20.6 cm (12 11/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1983.25.1.a

Artists / Makers

Jacques de Gheyn II (artist) Dutch, 1565 - 1629

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in brown ink: 173

Provenance

(Jacques Petit-Hory); acquired 1983 by NGA.

Associated Names

Petit-Hory, Jacques, Monsieur

Exhibition History

1985: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1985-1986.

2000: The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

Bibliography

1983: Van Regteren Altena 1983, vol.2 add.4, vol.3 pl.add.4.

1986: Rotterdam 1986, 70.

1996: Ziks, Charles. "Kannibalismus und Hexerei: die Rolle der Bilder in frühneuzeitlichen Europa." Kannibalismus und Europäische Kultur, Hedwig Röckelein, ed. Tübigen, 1996: 86 (repr. recto only).

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