Antique Master Print-BLIBLE-ENTOMBMENT-JESUS-MARY MAGDALENE-Dolendo-c1598

This print shows a view on the entombment. Mary Magdalene anoints and kisses Christ’s feet before being lifted into the tomb by two men. Mary, the mother of Christ, succumbs to her emotions and collapses. Print from a series of 13.

Made by Zacharias Dolendo after own design.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (vergé) paper.

Sheet size: 10.2 x 13.6 cm (4.02 x 5.35 inch). Image size: 10.2 x 13.6 cm. (4.02 x 5.35 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Plate brownish. Mounted on old hand laid paper. Trimmed to image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

RELIGION-BLIBLE-ENTOMBMENT-JESUS-MARY MAGDALENE-KISSES | RBOS-A11-14

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in 1596-1598 by Jacob de Gheyn. Jacob de Gheyn II (also Jacques de Gheyn II) (c. 1565, Antwerp – March 29, 1629, The Hague) was a Dutch painter and engraver, whose work shows the transition from Northern Mannerism to Dutch realism over the course of his career.

Provenance: Stamp of the ‘Kunstlievend Genootschap Pictura Groningen’ (founded in1820) on reverse (Lugt 2028).

Biography engraver: Zacharias Dolendo (1561–1601) was a Dutch engraver. He was the brother of Bartholomeus Dolendo, whom he surpassed both in style and in correctness.