Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert
Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

ArtistNetherlandish, 1480/85–after 1547
CultureNetherlandish
Titles
  • Saint Luke Painting the Virgin
Date1526
MediumEngraving
Dimensions170 × 121 mm
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (17.1 × 12.1 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1998.20
Non exposé

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Provenance[Susan Schulman Printseller, New York and Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints & Drawings, Dallas]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1998.


Exhibition History"Hidden Layers: Painting and Process in Europe, 1500–1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 26–September 3, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: on the stool at lower left: D V; on the parapet at lower center: 1526 IN IVLI 28

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