Tobias and the Angel (The Large Tobias)

1613

Hendrik Goudt after Adam Elsheimer

Associated Names
Hendrik Goudt

Artist, Dutch, 1585 - 1648

Adam Elsheimer

Artist After, German, 1578 - 1610

The view shows two figures standing close to us. One figure has wings. In the background, there is a horizon line with hills and man-made structures. The scene includes detailed trees with leaves depicted by fine strokes. The color palette is primarily sepia and dark brown. Large clouds are visible in the sky. Elegant calligraphy is present at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 24.5 x 25.6 cm (9 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.158

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Mariette II [1634-1717], Paris (Lugt 1788-1790); Albertina, Vienna (Lugt 5g)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

1992

  • Leonaert Bramer, 1596-1674, A Painter of the Night, The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1992, no. 62.

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

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

Inscriptions

recto: below image, at right, in brown ink: P. Mariette 1664 (Lugt 1788-1790)

Markings

recto: none; verso: Dublette der Albertina (Lugt 5g)

Watermarks

diamond [fleur de lis?] fragment

Wikidata ID

Q64957616

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