Sarah, from The Wives of the Patriarchs
1597
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 21.6 × 15.6 cm (8 9/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267812
Art Historical Context
**Sarah, from *The Wives of the Patriarchs*** Jacob Matham, 1597 Engraving on laid paper, Sheet (trimmed): 21.6 × 15.6 cm Step into the world of late 16th-century Dutch printmaking with Jacob Matham's exquisite engraving of *Sarah, from The Wives of the Patriarchs*. Created in 1597, this intimate work depicts Sarah, the biblical wife of Abraham, as part of a series celebrating the matriarchs of the Old Testament. Matham, a skilled Haarlem engraver and pupil of the Mannerist master Hendrick Goltzius, captures her poised elegance amid a time when religious imagery flourished in the Protes...
About the Artist
Jacob Matham · 1571–1631
**Jacob Matham: Master Engraver of Haarlem** Jacob Matham was born on October 15, 1571, in Haarlem, in the Northern Netherlands, into a burgeoning artistic milieu. Following his father's early death, his mother married the renowned painter and engraver Hendrick Goltzius in 1579, who adopted the young Jacob and trained him rigorously in the workshop as his stepson and pupil. Matham's first signed ...