Artist
Jan Pietersz. Saenredam(Dutch, 1565–1607)Dutch, 1565–1607
ArtistAfter
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)Dutch, 1558–1617
CultureDutch
Titles
- Allegory of Sight and the Art of Painting
Date1616
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate: 9 5/8 × 7 1/4 in. (24.4 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (24.8 × 18.7 cm)
At opening: 13 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (34.9 × 28.6 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Frame (inner): 20 1/16 × 16 1/16 in. (51 × 40.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 22 7/16 × 18 7/16 × 1 1/8 in. (57 × 46.8 × 2.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (24.8 × 18.7 cm)
At opening: 13 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (34.9 × 28.6 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Frame (inner): 20 1/16 × 16 1/16 in. (51 × 40.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 22 7/16 × 18 7/16 × 1 1/8 in. (57 × 46.8 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1997.6
Non exposé
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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer FoundationObject Type
Exhibition History"Picturing the Senses in European Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 10–July 17, 2011.
"Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe," Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 6–December 11, 2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, January 17–April 8, 2012.
"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 26–September 3, 2018.
"The Art and Science of Optics," The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College, Claremont, California, November 12, 2022–March 26, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: lower left: HG. Inuent. I. Saenr. scu. / R. de baudous excudit. 1616; below image: Haec memini nocuiße atque oblectaße videntes.
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Jan Pietersz. Saenredam
1605
Engraving on laid paper, state I/IV
74.55
Jacob Hoefnagel
1592
Engraving on paper
BF.2008.10
