Preparation for the Passover, 1585

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series Title

Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti... (Story of Moses, plate 6)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 21.4 x 29.7 cm (8 7/16 x 11 11/16 in.)

sheet: 29.2 x 37.9 cm (11 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 58, State i/iii

Accession Number

2011.139.102

Artists / Makers

Jan Sadeler I (artist) Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Maarten van Cleef (artist after) Flemish, c. 1527 - 1581

Gerard de Jode (publisher) Flemish, 1509 or 1517 - 1591

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in image: Haeyler f. ; across lower edge of plate: Pasca fit, et postes, colorantur sanguine, tec ti; omne prius genitum, angelus ense vibrat. Exod: 12

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam, 1980: XXI (Johannes Sadeler I): no. 58, i/iii.

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The De Jode Dynasty, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2018: Part I, no. 62, i/iii.