Acis and Galatea, c. 1590

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash and traces of white heightening over black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 31.2 x 30.1 cm (12 5/16 x 11 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Gift of Andrea Woodner

Accession Number

2006.11.7

Artists / Makers

Abraham Bloemaert (artist) Dutch, 1566 - 1651

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, center verso in graphite: Gernt Pieters / cf. Pieters / 130788

Provenance

Dr. Matthias Konrad Hubert Rech [1879-1946] (Lugt 2745b), Bonn, Germany; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 June 1974, lot 169); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990.

Associated Names

Anonymous
Rech, Matthias Konrad Hubrecht
Woodner and Ms. Andrea Woodner, Dian, Ms.
Woodner, Andrea
Woodner, Ian

Exhibition History

1983: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu and tour, 1983-85, no. 48.

1986: Dibujos de los siglos XIV al XX: Colección Woodner, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1986-87, no. 70.

1986: Meisterzeichnungen aus Sechs Jahrhunderten: Die Sammlung Ian Woodner, Haus der Kunst, Munich and Vienna, 1986, no. 58.

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996, no. 63.

2006: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007.

2016: Recent Acquisitions of Dutch and Flemish Drawings, NGA, 2016.

2017: The Woodner Collections: Master Drawings from Seven Centuries, NGA, 2017.

Bibliography

1995: The Touch of the Artist: Master Drawings from the Woodner Collections. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996: no. 63.