Verzoeking van Christus in de wildernis, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Adam Elsheimer, 1625 - 1664

Title(s)

Verzoeking van Christus in de wildernis
Christvs Tentatvr in Deserto (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1919-1997

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 1199-2(2)
• Pennington 98

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 567
• collector's mark: Lugt 2233

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Adam Elsheimer (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Jan van de Sande (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1625 - 1664

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 203 mm × width 148 mm

What

• Christ, sometimes accompanied by guardian angel(s), tempted by Satan, who usually appears in human form

Acquisition

purchase 1919

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, dl. IV, p. 236, cat.nr. 1199
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, Richard Pennington, p. 11, cat.nr. 98