Landscape with a Hermit Praying (A Hermit Kneeling in Prayer by His Delapidated Hut, from a series of four Landscapes with Figures)
Frederick Bloemaert, Dutch, 1616 - 1690
after Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch, 1566 - 1651
after 1635
Engraving on paper
Plate: 10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.7 × 18.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (26 × 19.1 cm)
Mount: 15 1/16 × 10 9/16 in. (38.2 × 26.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.964.167
Publisher
Nicolaes Visscher, Amsterdam
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: O! verè felix, fugiens qui gaudia mundi / In sylvis vitam degere solus amat; / Abraham, Bloemaert invent:; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Sic latitans' Soliq Deo servire paratus / Continuis precibus regna Superna petit, / Fred Bloemaert Sculp: N: Visscher exc.; reverse, on mount, inscribed, in brown ink upper left: +3~; reverse, on mount, inscribed, in graphite, lower center: 644; reverse, on mount, inscribed, in graphite, lower right 18~2h / 20
Provenance
Dr. David James, Miami, Florida; sold to present collection, 1964.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hollstein 268; Marcel G. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and His Sons, 1993, pp. 136-137, no. 89.
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu