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New Testament subjects

New Testament subjects

NIKOLAUS VAN HOY (1631-79)

Christ and the Samaritan woman

published 1658

Etching | 28.2 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850388

An etching reproducing in reverse a painting by Girolamo da Treviso now in the Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. Gemäldegalerie, 128). This print is signed by the printmaker with the attribution of the painting to Raphael. This print was published in Theatrum Pictorium, a series of 246 prints published by David Teniers the Younger, 1658. Trimmed within the platemark.

  • Creator(s)

    Nikolaus van Hoy (1631-79) (etcher)

    After a work attributed to Girolamo da Treviso (active c. 1497-1544) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    David Teniers the Younger (Antwerp 1610-Brussels 1690) (publisher)

  • 28.2 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)

    27.2 x 18.2 cm (image)

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Life of Christ
            • Public Life of Christ
              • Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Civil engineering
          • Earthworks
            • Wells (Structure)
              • Water wells
    • Language, Linguistics and Literature
      • Linguistics & languages
        • Languages
          • Semitic languages
            • Samaritan
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.33 B.XIV.1