David Playing the Harp before Saul

1555

Frans Floris I

Artist, Flemish, c. 1519 - 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed from 4 blocks: black line block and three tone blocks in shades of gray-green on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.1 x 48.1 cm (13 1/16 x 18 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.2.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Naudet, Paris [Lugt 1937-1938], acquired 1819; Jean Camberlyn (1783-1861), La Haye and Brussels [Lugt 514]; (Paul Prouté, Paris); acquired 1996 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 120.

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

1992

  • Bialler, Nancy. Chiaroscuro Woodcuts: Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) and his Time. Amsterdam, 1992, cf. no. 3.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Frans Floris, Edward H. Wouk, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 1.

Inscriptions

lower center to lower right in block: SAVL .I.REG.CA.XVI

Watermarks

Crowned double-headed eagle with shield and cross

Wikidata ID

Q75403672

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