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The image shows a man standing with one foot forward and one hand on a table. He has a full beard and shoulder-length wavy hair, and wears a knee-length tunic with a draped blue garment over one shoulder. The man has red sandals. Next to him is a table covered with a purple cloth, holding golden vessels, fruits, and an ornate pitcher with a lion design. In the background are mountains and a large column. The name "Aser" is displayed at the top of the image.
National Gallery of Art · Portfolio
Aser
Jan Sadeler I after Crispen van den Broecke
- Date
- c. 1585; published 1643
- Medium
- hand-colored engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- overall (cut within platemark): 21.5 x 14.5 cm (8 7/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
- Classification
- Portfolio · Print
- Accession number
- 2005.128.8.a
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1551 to 1600
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- The Twelve Sons of Jacob
Subjects and terms
- Flemish
- Fruit
- Table
- Costume
- Man
- Writing
Provenance
(Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2005 by NGA.
Inscription
upper center in plate: ASER; lower right in plate: .9.; in margin below image, in plate: Pingne solum tibi dona tulit cerealia multa, / Nec Asaro desunt munera bacche tuae. / Regibus hinc prodes multis uinoq[ue] paneq[ue] / Temperat a[m]brosias cum tura dapes. (The fat earth has brought you many gifts of corn. Nor does Aser lack your bounty, Bacchus. Thus you serve many kinds with wine and bread, when the fruits of the earth help to temper the exquisite meals. [translation from Veldman, Ilja M., and H. J. de Jonge, "The sons of Jacob: the twelve patriarchs in sixteenth-century Netherlandish prints and popular literature," Simiolus, vol. 15 (1985), no. 3, p. 196.])
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