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The Standard Bearer, Turned to the Left
The Great Standard-Bearer
The Standard Bearer, Turned to the Left
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1587
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.4 x 19.5 cm (8 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7234
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 125; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 255; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 288 (I/I)
State
I/I
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, lower center: A° 1587. HGoltzius fe
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7234 [Lugt 1870]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin: Signifer ingentes animos, et corda ministro,/Me stat Stante phalanx, me sugiente fugit.
ProvenanceHenry 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)