id:			123302
accession number:	1943.546
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.546
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:56.725000

An Angel Foretells the Birth of Abraham's Son, 1638. Gerrit Claesz. Bleker (Dutch, 1656). Etching; sheet: 14.9 x 21.6 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.); platemark: 14.3 x 21.1 cm (5 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1943.546

title:				An Angel Foretells the Birth of Abraham's Son
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creation date:			1638
creation date earliest:		1638
creation date latest:		1638
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
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culture:	Netherlands
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 1 (II.45)

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CREATORS

* Gerrit Claesz. Bleker (Dutch, 1656)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 14.9 x 21.6 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.); Platemark: 14.3 x 21.1 cm (5 5/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
state of the work:	i/iv
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	upper left, in plate: GBleker f.1638. ; VERSO, lower left, in graphite: 1125 ; lower left, in graphite: [f M.ar ?] (underlined) / [f vr ?] ; lower left, in graphite: B.293 ; lower center, in graphite: Bleker B.1; lower right, in graphite: EW
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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Julius Hofmann (1840-1913), Vienna, stamp (Lugt 1264), verso, lower left, in brown ink. (Frederick Keppel & Co., 5/27/27); sold to Lewis B. Williams (1927-1943), Cleveland.
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