Head of a Siren

1609

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with white heightening on brown laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John R. Gaines

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 52.4 x 38.5 cm (20 5/8 x 15 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.92.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reznicek 1961, no. 125

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John R. Gaines [1928-2005]; gift 1986 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

2003

  • "Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings", Toledo Museum of Art, 2003-2004, no. 932.

Bibliography

1961

  • Reznicek, E.K.J. Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius. 2 vols. (text and plate volumes), Utrecht, 1961.

1993

  • Reznicek, E.K.J. "Drawings by Hendrick Goltzius, Thirty Years Later: Supplement to the 1961 catalogue raisonné." Master Drawings XXXI (Autumn 1993): A 429, p. 278.

Inscriptions

upper left in black chalk: Ao. HG.1609.; vertical along right edge verso in pen and brown ink: quindeo [o] [e] fac[ere? ie?]

Wikidata ID

Q64573644

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