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Riverscape with the Good Samaritan: P.1703-1991

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Titles

Riverscape with the Good Samaritan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Printmaker: Sadeler, Egidius II (After)
Designer: Brueghel, Jan, the elder (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1590 - 1650

Note

Reverse copy after Sadeler, with added figures.

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 218 mm Width 273 mm
Sheet Height 292 mm Width 367 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Ioa[n]. Breug. inuentor
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Ex pietate Ieuat caua vulnera Samaritanus.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: I [? remains of a signature, erased from the plate]
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 3
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Number

Inscription present: Unidentified variant

  • Text: Pot with tulip and initials IC
  • Type: Watermark
  • Text: 482
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1703-1991
Primary reference Number: 83265
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 218 Copy

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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