Attributed to
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
, Dutch, 1621-1674
Title
Christoffel Fabritius Being Burnt in AntwerpDate1564
MediumInk, graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
10.3 x 14.3 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 1896
Object numberNGI.2287
DescriptionThis watercolour was made for an illustrated edition of the Dutch Protestant martyrology 'Historien der vromer martelaren' (Histories of the pious martyrs) published between 1657 and 1659 in Dordrecht. It was one of over 180 watercolours translated into print form by Jacobus Savery III (1617-1666) for a lavish publication.ProvenanceHaarlem, 14 August 1770, P. de Hollander Sale, lot 176; Haarlem, 30 May 1786, J. Enschede Sale, lot 121; Haarlem, 23 March 1874, L. J. Quarles v. Ufford Sale, lot 96; Amsterdam, 2-3 October 1888, H. Gerlings Cz. Sale, lot 22; Amsterdam, 25-26 June 1895, W. Pitcairn Knowles Sale, lot 657; purchased, F. Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 1896 Exhibition HistoryMaster European Drawings From the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Centre, Colorado; Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; The Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minnesota; The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1983
Ireland in Turmoil: The Depositions of 1641, Trinity College Library, Dublin, 7 Ocotber 2010 - 6 January 2011