The Apostles Peter and Paul

Publisher Published by Nicolaes de Clerck Dutch

ca. 1618

Not on view

In this extremely rare pair of prints, Jacques de Gheyn III transformed longstanding conventions for portraying the apostles, creating through the figures' expressions and body language, pared-down settings, trompe-l'oeil elements, and dramatic lighting highly novel and striking images, rife with mood. Trained by his father, Jacques de Gheyn II, the artist produced a relatively small but important body of prints, including a number in which he presented other figures, among them ancient Greek philosophers, mythological gods, and personifications, in this unusual manner.

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Title: The Apostles Peter and Paul
Artist: Jacques de Gheyn, III (Dutch, Amsterdam (?) ca. 1596–1641 Utrecht)
Publisher: Published by Nicolaes de Clerck (Dutch, active 1599–1626)
Date: ca. 1618
Medium: Etching with drypoint
Dimensions: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 15 7/16 in. (32.7 × 39.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2026
Object Number: 2026.567a, b
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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