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Collection | Arca Artium. Art Collection (Saint John's University) |
HMML Proj. Num. |
AAP2569 |
Title | Christ and the Samaritan woman, from Figures de la Bible |
Associated Name | Houbraken, Arnold, 1660-1719 (Inventor) VIAF Getty |
Associated Name | Buysen, Andries van, active 1698-1747 (Engraver) VIAF Getty |
Associated Name | Hondt, Pieter de, 1696-1764 (Publisher) VIAF |
Place Of Origin | Designed Amsterdam, Netherlands; published Hague, Netherlands |
Centuries | 18th century |
Date | Designed 1720; published 1728 |
Language(s) | Dutch; English; French; German; Greek; Latin |
Object Type(s) | Engraving |
Dimensions | 35 x 22 cm |
Medium | Engraving with etching on laid paper |
Technique | Engraving; etching |
Signature | A. Houbrake del./Van Buisen sculp. |
Description |
Engraving with etching depicting Christ perched on the edge of a stone well as the Samaritan woman approaches with a pitcher in her hand. She wears a loose robe and bare breasts and looks up at Christ from under a wide brimmed hat. Captions in the lower margin appear in Greek, Latin, English, French, German and Dutch, to appeal to audiences in multiple languages. From the picture bible Figures de la Bible, a project including designs by Bernard Picart, Arnold Houbraken, and Gerard Hoet and engraved by 18 Amsterdam engravers. Figures de la Bible was originally published by Picart in Amsterdam (1720) and then by Pieter de Hondt in the Hague (1728). |
Provenance | Collection of Frank Kacmarcik |
Permanent link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/3689 |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |