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Artists›Jan Saenredam

Jan Saenredam

Dutch Republic, 1565–1607

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110

Works in Collection

171

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ711775

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BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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Institutional

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Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (110)

Venus and Amor, from Three Pagan Gods or Goddesses

1820 · Engraving on wove paper

Plate: 25.7 × 19.4 cm (10 1/8 × 7 11/16 in.); sheet: 30.4 × 23 cm (12 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Painter

1616 · Engraving on paper

24.5 × 18.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory of Visual Perception

1616 · Engraving on laid paper

Plate: 24.4 × 18.4 cm (9 5/8 × 7 1/4 in.); sheet: 26.4 × 19.7 cm (10 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Farmer and His Wife at Market

1615 · Engraving on laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 19.4 × 23.1 cm (7 11/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Foolish Virgins Revelling, from Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet: 26.6 × 36.8 cm (10 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Foolish Virgins Missing their Rendezvous with Our Lord, from Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet: 26.6 × 36.9 cm (10 1/2 × 14 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Virgins Receiving their Lamps, from Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet: 26.8 × 37.1 cm (10 9/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wise Virgins Gathered Together in a Landscape Before the Preaching of the Baptist, from Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet: 26 × 36.7 cm (10 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate Four, from Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on paper

Sheet, trimmed to platemark: 26.6 × 36.9 cm (10 1/2 × 14 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate Two, from Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on paper

Plate: 26.6 × 37 cm (10 1/2 × 14 5/8 in.); Sheet: 27.3 × 37.5 cm (10 3/4 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate One, from Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on paper

Sheet, trimmed to platemark: 26.5 × 36.7 cm (10 7/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate Five, from Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on paper

Sheet, trimmed to platemark: 26.5 × 36.8 cm (10 7/16 × 14 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate Three, from Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins

1606 · Engraving on paper

Sheet, trimmed to platemark: 26.8 × 37.1 cm (10 9/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Wise Virgins Received by Our Lord, from Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

1605 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet: 26.2 × 36.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vertumnus and Pomona

1605 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 46.8 × 35.4 cm (18 7/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vertumnus en Pomona

1605 · engraving on paper

height: 129 cm, width: 99 cm

Rijksmuseum

Elisha Receives the Robe of Elijah, from Four Scenes from the Life of the Prophets, Isaiah, Ahajah and Elisha

1604 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 27.1 × 19.8 cm (10 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ahajah’s Prophesy to Wife of Jeroboam, from Four Scenes from the Life of the Prophets, Isaiah, Ahajah and Elisha

1604 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 27.1 × 20.1 cm (10 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Elijah in the Wilderness Fed by Ravens, from Four Scenes from the Life of the Prophets, Isaiah, Ahajah and Elisha

1604 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 27 × 19.9 cm (10 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ahajah Divides his Cloak into Twelve Parts, from Four Scenes from the Life of the Prophets, Isaiah, Ahajah and Elisha

1604 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 27.2 × 19.9 cm (10 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plato's Cave

1604 · laid paper

Sheet: 31.6 × 45 cm (12 1/2 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Prophet Elijah with the Widow Zarephath

1604 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet: 44.9 × 32.4 cm (17 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Prophet Elijah with the Widow of Zarephath

1604 · laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 43.6 × 31.7 cm (17 3/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adam and Eve Lamenting over the Corpse of Abel, from History of the First Parents of Man

1604 · Engraving on ivory laid paper

Sheet (trimmed): 27.8 × 19.8 cm (11 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

110 published of 145 catalogued · 145 with image

Art Institute Chicago
103 published103 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published6 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 35 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

35 entries · 2 sources

The Prophet Elijah with the Widow of Zarephath
1604 · AIC · 5 prov
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Temptation of Man
1604 · AIC · 4 prov
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Plato's Cave
1604 · AIC · 4 prov
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Venus and Cupid
1596 · Cleveland · 4 prov
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Juno
1596 · Cleveland · 4 prov
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Annunciation to the Shepherds
1599 · AIC · 4 prov
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Vanitas, Vanitatum et Omnia Vanitas
1600 · AIC · 3 prov
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Salome Dancing Before Herod
1587 · AIC · 3 prov
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Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus
1600 · AIC · 3 prov
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Vertumnus en Pomona
1605 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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15 assets

Cleveland Museum of Art

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Elijah in the Wilderness Fed by Ravens (1604)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Elisha and Elijah's Chariot of Fire (1604)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Rijksmuseum Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Rijksmuseum

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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