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The Raising of Lazarus: the larger plate
(c. 1632)
- Medium
- etching and engraving
- Measurements
- 36.3 × 25.8 cm (plate and sheet, arched)
- Catalogue/s Raisonné
- Bartsch 73; Hind 96 viii/xiii; White & Boon 73 viii/x; NHD 113 v/ix
- Edition
- 5th of 9 states
- Inscription
- printed in ink (in image) in centre: RHL van Ryn f
- Accession Number
- 1001-5
- Departments
- International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Religion and Mythology
- Subjects (specific)
- awe (emotion) chiaroscuro Jesus Christ (Christian character) Lazarus, Saint (Chrisitian iconography) miracles Miracles of Christ (New Testament narrative) Raising of Lazarus (miracle, Christian iconography) resurrection (doctrinal concept)
- Movements
- Baroque
Watermarks
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- Watermark Form
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Basilisk
- The Basilisk is a mythical beast that can be described as a giant reptilian, with the form of a lizard or snake, sometimes mixed with bird-like features such as a rooster's beak, eagle-like claws, and scaly wings. The beast is also referred to as a cockatrice. The Basilisk became a symbol of the city of Basel in Switzerland, and is the mark of a Swiss paper. The Crozier is another symbol of Basel, referencing the crook of the Bishop of Basel's staff, seen here below the Basilisk's beak. The Basel Crozier symbol appears on coins of the 11th and 12th centuries in Switzerland. Early seals of the city show symbols of a house or gate and in this watermark the Basilisk perches a claw on top of the roof of a small house below. The general watermark design has been attributed to the Heusler papermaking family in Basel.
- Watermark and variant description
- Basilisk - variant B.c. Basilisk with one foot above a house and a Basel crosier in its beak. The basilisk is thinner with smooth contours.
- Closely related watermark references
- Heawood 842 (1611, Holland, collection of blank paper); Tschudin 289 (1585), 292 (1600); Vooorn 11 (Heusler 1613).
- Completeness
- complete
- Chain Line Interval
- 25-26 mm
- Laid Line Frequency
- 12 per cm
- Placement and spacing of wires
- 87 x 6 [19|25|22| x 3
- Wire Side
- verso
- Radiograph taken from
- verso
