Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Corpse of Abel

1604

Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Publisher, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Abraham Bloemaert

Artist After, Dutch, 1566 - 1651

Jan Pietersz Saenredam after Abraham Bloemaert

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.8 x 19.8 cm (10 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.6 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.50.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 6, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

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.

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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

lower center in plate: A. Bloemaert inue. / J. Saenredam sculp. 6; four line Latin text across bottom in plate (by T Sereurlius): Horna ... parentes!; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: DTTC; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 13-18

Wikidata ID

Q75125295

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