Adam Naming the Animals, 1604

Not on View

series Title

History of the First Parents of Man: pl. 1

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 27.5 x 19.7 cm (10 13/16 x 7 3/4 in.)

sheet: 29.6 x 22.3 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 1, State i/v

Accession Number

1994.50.1

Artists / Makers

Jan Pietersz Saenredam (artist) Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Abraham Bloemaert (artist after) Dutch, 1566 - 1651

Jan Pietersz Saenredam (publisher) Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Abrahamus Bloemaert inue. Joan. Saenredam sculp. et. excudebat; lower right in plate: A. 1604; four line Latin text across bottom in plate: Cum ... potentem.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: DTTCCIIM; by later hand, lower left verso in brown ink: N. XXII; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Wurzbach 13-18

Provenance

Private collection (indistinct armorial mark); Jan Baptist de Graaf, Amsterdam [1742-1804] (Lugt 1120); Heinrich Schwarz, Vienna (Lugt 1372); (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 May 1994, lot 172); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Graaf, Jan Baptist de
Private Collection c/o Mr. Stephane Cosman Connery
Schwarz, Heinrich
Tunick, Inc., David

Exhibition History

1995: Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

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