Art, literature & history
The Amorous Nun between the Abbot and the Monk
c. 1560
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet (cut within image): 24.2 x 30.4 cm (9 1/2 x 11 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2000.87.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Hans Collaert the Elder. The Amorous Nun between the Abbot and the Monk. Hans Collaert, the Elder; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Collaert,_the_Elder,_The_Amorous_Nun_between_the_Abbot_and_the_Monk,_c._1560,_NGA_115261.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Amorous Nun between the Abbot and the Monk — Hans Collaert the Elder. c. 1560.
Medium: engraving on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (cut within image): 24.2 x 30.4 cm (9 1/2 x 11 15/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2000.87.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.