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Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1582
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 x 13.7 cm (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7253
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 170; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 190, ii; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish,Goltzius, part II) 223, ii / iii
State
II/III
Signed
In plate, at lower left: Henricus / Goltzius fecit / 1582
Marks
No watermark; verso, in black ink: P. mariette 1698 [Pierre Mariette; Lugt 1788]; WS [William Sharp; Lugt 2650]; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: P7253 [Lugt 1870]
InscriptionsIn plate, below image: In ære, Lector, ora scalpta quæ vides, / Imaginem esse Gallionis ut scias; / Meo, aut alius indice haud opus tibi: / Modo ante visus ille vel semel tibi. / O erudita lima, o artifex manus, / Beata Gallione Goltzy manus, / Beata Gallionis ora Goltzio. [flourish, partly trimmed at bottom]
Provenance1698, Pierre Mariette (b. 1634 - d. 1716; Lugt 1787), Paris; mid nineteenth century, William Sharp (b. 1749 - d. 1824; Lugt 2650), Manchester, England; March 1 - 11, 1879, his sale, Sotheby's, London. Henry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)