Zes profeten en de verkondiging aan Maria, Philips Galle (workshop of), after Jan van der Straet, after Cornelis Cort, after Federico Zuccaro, 1575 - 1585

Title(s)

Zes profeten en de verkondiging aan Maria

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-10.323

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 13-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 8-3(3)
• New Hollstein Dutch R2-3(4)
  Remark: Goltzius

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228a

Description

De zes profeten die de komst van Christus aankondigden, gezeten bij een trap naar een vertrek waarin de engel Gabriel aan Maria de geboorte van Christus aankondigt. Boven deze scène de Heilige Geest in de gedaante van een duif en God, omgeven door engelen. Onder de voorstelling vier maal vier regels Latijnse tekst.

Artist

• print maker: Philips Galle (workshop of)
• print maker: Hendrick Goltzius (rejected attribution)
• print maker: Jan Collaert (II) (possibly)
• print maker: Adriaen Collaert (possibly)
• after design by: Jan van der Straet (possibly)
• after print by: Cornelis Cort
• after design by: Federico Zuccaro

Place

print maker: Low Countries
print maker: Haarlem
print maker: Antwerp
print maker: Antwerp

Dating

1575 - 1585

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 440 mm × width 287 mm

What

• the Annunciation: Mary kneeling
• groups of prophets, usually holding books or scrolls (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)
• symbols of Mary from litanies
• David as prophet, with crown and scroll
• Elijah (not in biblical context); possible attributes: scroll and flaming sword
• Jeremiah (not in biblical context); possible attributes: book or scroll, 'the seething pot'
• Solomon as prophet with book or scroll
• Moses (not in biblical context); possible attributes: rays of light or horns on his head, rod, Tables of the Law
• male persons from the Old Testament (with NAME) (not in biblical context)
• cherubs, i.e. children's heads with wings

Acquisition

unknown 2007

Copyright

Public domain

• Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesberg, Huigen Leeflang, dl. IV, p. 258, cat.nr. R2
• Cornelis Cort, cat.nr. 20 (kopie)