Hercules Fighting the Fury and the Discord

1630

Christoffel Jegher

Artist, Flemish, 1596 - 1652/1653

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 60 x 35.2 cm (23 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1973.60.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 15, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 113.

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

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

recto: in block, in image, at lower center: Christoffel Iegher Sc. / C I.; in block, in image, at lower right: P. P. Rub. delin. & exc / CVM PRIVILEGIIS.; verso: at lower right, in graphite, in later hand: 5291

Markings

none

Watermarks

to identify

Wikidata ID

Q65566826

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