PrintsNetherlandish16th century

The Dance Around the Golden Calf

c. 1579

Artists

Johann Sadeler IArtist

Chrispijn van den BroeckArtist after

Gerard de JodePublisher

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink with added transparent and opaque watercolor and metallic gold on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 27 x 36.4 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.) plate: 18.8 x 26 cm (7 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Paul Prouté, Paris, France, sold]; to Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, Concord, MA, later Barbara Ketcham Wheaton, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2011.

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