Tobias and the Angel

Hercules Segers, c. 1630 - c. 1633

On the basis of the watermark in the paper used for this etching, it could be dated to around 1630–1633. It must have been one of Segers’ last prints, and given the representation and its sensitive execution also his most ambitious one.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-796
  • Dimensionsheight 202 mm x width 276 mm (trimmed on right and left sides within the printed surface)
  • Physical characteristicsline etching with plate tone and highlights created by crosshatching and stopping-out; printed in olive green on paper; there is a small spot in the trees on the left where the ink failed to stick

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Tobias and the Angel

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-796

  • Description

    Tobias, een vis met zich meeslepend, lopend samen met een engel op een heuvel door een landschap.

  • Part of catalogue

  • Catalogue reference

    • Hollstein Dutch 1-a
    • Leeflang 1-a
    • Haverkamp-Begemann 1-a

Creation

  • Creation

    • printmaker: Hercules Segers, Amsterdam (possibly)
    • after painting by Adam Elsheimer
    • after design by Hendrick Goudt

  • Dating

    c. 1630 - c. 1633

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    line etching with plate tone and highlights created by crosshatching and stopping-out; printed in olive green on paper; there is a small spot in the trees on the left where the ink failed to stick

  • Dimensions

    height 202 mm x width 276 mm (trimmed on right and left sides within the printed surface)

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Pieter Cornelis, Baron van Leyden (1717-1788), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} his daughter, Françoise Johanna Gael-van Leyden (1745-1813), Leiden;{According to L. 240.} from whom, en bloc, fl. 100,000, to Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1778-1846), King of Holland, Amsterdam, for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (L. 240), The Hague, 1807; transferred to the museum, 1816

Documentation

  • Christiane Wiebel, Rembrandts Erben : Posthum veränderte Drucke der Radierungen Rembrandts im Kupferstichkabinett der Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg : Eine Facette herzoglichen Sammlerinteresses, Coburg 2011, p. 3, abb. 2.

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