Juno in the Form of Beroe, Warning Semele, c. 1615

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series Title

Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 3 (plate 5)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 18.5 x 26 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

sheet: 19.6 x 28 cm (7 11/16 x 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 576, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.138

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

in plate, lower left: HG inv.; in plate, across lower edge: Fronti nulla fides! Beroes Iuno ora Semilis / Induit in graudem, quo pellice gaudeat ulta / Ne credas Semele! non haec Epidauria nutrix, / Zelotypa ach talite captat magine Iuno. / G. Rijkius 45

Provenance

Thomas Graf, Berlin (1878 - 1951) (Lugt no. 1092a). Leo Steinberg [1920-2011], New York; gift to NGA 2011.

Associated Names

Graf, Thomas
Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 552

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 576, ii/ii.