Anthonie Waterloo (aka Antoni Waterlo)
(1609–90)
“Landscape with Zipporah Circumcising her Son” (aka “Landscape
with the Circumcision of Moses’ Son”; “Séphora Circoncisant son Fils”; “Sippora
besnijdt haar zoon”), c.1650 (1630–1663), plate five from the series, “Six
large upright landscapes with scenes from the Old Testament” (aka “Landschappen
met Bijbelse voorstellingen”), possibly published by Justus
Danckerts (1635–1701) and Cornelis Danckerts II
(1664–1717) in Amsterdam.
The subject portrayed in this print is from the
second book of the Bible, the “Book of Exodus” (4:20–26) in which Zipporah
(Moses’ wife) appeases God by circumcising one of her sons to prevent the death
of Moses who stands beside her threatened by an angel wielding
a sword.
Etching on laid paper trimmed around the image borderline. This impression
was deaquisitioned from the Art Institute of Chicago as a duplicate copy and is
stamped with this mark of provenance verso.
Size: (sheet) 29.9 x 15.4 cm; (plate) 13 x 14.2 cm; (image borderline)
12.5 x 13.6 cm.
Inscribed on plate at lower right: "A W. f. et in."
Lifetime impression of State i (of i). Note that Dutuit and Wessely
advise that there are two states to this print but Peter Morse in TIB (1992)
propose that there is only one state and that the discrepancy in “the longitudinal
lines … on the large tree trunk at the center of the print” arises from wear to
the printing plate as these “lines are, in fact, present from the beginning”
(p. 165).
TIB 0201.135 (Peter Morse [ed.] 1992, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Antoni
Waterloo”, vol. 2, Part 1, Commentary, New York, Abaris Books, p. 165, cat. no.
.135; see also vol. 2, p. 126, cat. no. 135 [137]); Hollstein 58.III
(Christiaan Schuckman [comp.] 1997, “Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and
Woodcuts c.1450–1700: Antoni Waterloo”, vol. 50, Rotterdam, Sound and Vision
Rijksprentenkabinet, p. 313, cat. no. 135); Bartsch II.137.135 (Adam Bartsch
1803, “Le Peintre Graveur”, 21 vols, Vienna).
The British Museum offers the following description of this print:
“Zipporah circumcising her son in right foreground, as an angel holds
Moses's arm, an inn in right background, at left a stone bridge leading across
a stream towards a house at left” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_F-3-3).
See also the description of this print offered by the Rijksmuseum:
Condition: richly inked and well-printed lifetime impression showing minimal
wear to the printing plate. The sheet has minor chips to the lower edge otherwise
it is in near faultless condition for its considerable age (i.e. there are no tears,
losses, holes, folds, abrasions, significant stains or foxing). There are
pencil notations and the Art Institute of Chicago duplicate stamp of its deacquisition
verso.
I am selling this museum-quality impression of a truly wonderful large
etching by one of the most famous of the 17th century old-masters, for
the total cost of AU$364 (currently US$237.75/EUR217.11/GBP194.38 at the time
of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world (but
not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).
If you are interested in purchasing this startlingly fine etching in
which biblical event in the foreground is almost pictorially “lost” in the
complexity of landscape details shown beyond, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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