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Cornelis Cort

Dutch Republic, 1533–1578

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (24)

Birth of the Virgin

1578 · Engraving

Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (32.5 × 23.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Martyrdom of St Stephen

1576 · Engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dispute of the Church Fathers over the Holy Sacrament

1575 · Engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Francis Penitent in a Large Landscape

1575 · Engraving on paper

Image: 50 × 37.2 cm (19 11/16 × 14 11/16 in.); Sheet: 51.9 × 37.3 cm (20 7/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Calumny of Apelles

1572 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 40.8 × 55.6 cm (16 1/8 × 21 15/16 in.); Plate/sheet, trimmed slightly within platemark: 42 × 55.7 cm (16 9/16 × 21 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen

1567 · engraving

Sheet: 28.1 x 20.7 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Adoration of the Shepherds

1567 · paper

Image: 42.8 x 29 cm (16 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Battle of Zama

1567 · Oil on panel

59 × 42.7 cm (23 1/4 × 16 13/16 in.); Framed: 56.6 × 70.5 × 7.7 cm (22 1/4 × 27 3/4 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tarquin and Lucretia

1566 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Plate: 42 × 28.8 cm (16 9/16 × 11 3/8 in.); Sheet: 42.4 × 29.1 cm (16 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Justice Rewarding the Worthy

1566 · Engraving in black on cream laid paper

Plate: 26.6 × 31.2 cm (10 1/2 × 12 5/16 in.); sheet: 36.6 × 49.7 cm (14 7/16 × 19 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Adoration of the Trinity

1566 · Engraving

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gezicht op het Forum van Nerva

1566 · pen on paper

width: 288 cm, height: 222 cm

Rijksmuseum

Allegory of Poverty Hindering Wit

1565 · pen

overall (approximate): 42.6 x 28.5 cm (16 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Music from The Seven Liberal Arts

1565 · Engraving in red on ivory laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 22.2 × 28.1 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

St Jerome in the Desert

1565 · Engraving

Sheet: 12 5/16 × 11 1/8 in. (31.3 × 28.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Adam and Eve and the Expulsion from Paradise

1564 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Trimmed within platemark: 18.5 × 24.1 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hercules besieged by Pygmies

1562 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet: 32.7 × 46.7 cm (12 7/8 × 18 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel

1561 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet: 34.4 × 44.3 cm (13 9/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

De geschiedenis van Noach

1559 · engraving on paper

width: 251 cm, height: 203 cm

Rijksmuseum

Dronkenschap van Noach

1559 · engraving on paper

height: 202 cm, width: 250 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Bacchus on the Shoulders of a Satyr

1530 · Engraving

sheet: 18 1/8 x 12 in. (46 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Italian Landscape

1530 · Pen and brown ink. Verso: red chalk

8 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (22.3 x 32.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Italian Landscape

1530 · Pen and brown ink (recto); red chalk (verso)

8 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (22.3 x 32.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bacchus on the Shoulders of a Satyr, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

1530 · Engraving

sheet: 18 1/8 x 12 in. (46 x 30.5 cm) plate: 13 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (35 x 19 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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24 published of 47 catalogued · 45 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Rijksmuseum
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Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published2 img
Nga
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 23 catalogued, not yet published

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13 entries · 2 sources

Adoration of the Shepherds
1567 · Cleveland · 6 prov
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Allegory of Poverty Hindering Wit
1565 · Nga · 5 prov
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Gezicht op het Forum van Nerva
1566 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen
1567 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Dronkenschap van Noach (na ca. 1559 - ca. 1560)

Rijksmuseum

De geschiedenis van Noach (after c. 1559 - c. 1560)

Rijksmuseum

Gezicht op het Forum van Nerva (1566-11-11)

Rijksmuseum

Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen (1567)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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