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The Captain of the Infantry
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1587
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 28 x 19 cm (11 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Number2009.5304
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 126; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol VIII) 254; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 287 (I/I)
State
I/I
DescriptionContinues the sequence of warriors begun in about 1582. According to an annotation on one of the impressions, the Captain is Jacob Ruyckhaver of Haarlem. (Bartsch, vol. 3, p. 114)
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, lower center, within engraved border: A°1587. HGoltzius fecit.
Marks
Watermark: eagle with a fleur-de-lys pending and the number "4" and the letters WB attached below; verso: MFA stamp with accession number in graphite
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin: Præuius infractos reddo Dux Martis alumnos,/Spernere dum doceo cuncta pericla, meo.
ProvenanceBy 1997, Paul McCarron and Susan Schulman Fine Prints and Drawings, New York; May 1997, sold by Paul McCarron and Susan Schulman Fine Prints and Drawings to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wheaton, Concord, MA; 2009, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 20, 2010)