The King Summoning the Servant, from The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, bound in Thesaurus Sacrarum historiarum Veteris et Novi Testamenti
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Book (closed): 11 7/8 × 15 3/8 × 2 1/16 in. (30.2 × 39 × 5.3 cm) Plate: 7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in. (19.8 × 24.9 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.601.335(132)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Gerard de Jode|Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century|Gerard van Groeningen · 1509–1591
Gerard de Jode (c. 1509–1591) was a prominent Netherlandish cartographer, engraver, and publisher based in Antwerp. Born in Nijmegen, he established himself in the vibrant artistic and commercial center of Antwerp, where he was admitted to the Guild of St. Luke in 1547. This marked the beginning of his career as a publisher of maps and prints. De Jode worked within the established Netherlandish t...