The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1633-1636

Not on View

Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut printed from two blocks: black line block and brown tone block on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to borderline): 46.5 x 60.6 cm (18 5/16 x 23 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 4, State ii/iii

Accession Number

1994.60.37

Artists / Makers

Christoffel Jegher (artist) Flemish, 1596 - 1652/1653

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (artist after) Flemish, 1577 - 1640

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Inscription

recto: lower left in block: P.P. Rub. delin. et exc.; lower center in block: CVM PRIVILEGIIS; lower center to lower right in block: C.Iegher Sculp.; verso: none

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 20.

2007: The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

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

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 20.