Jan Pietersz. Saenredam
Allegory of Sight and the Art of Painting

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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)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1997.6

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Provenance[R. M. Light & Co., Santa Barbara, California]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1997.

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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