Jupiter Taking Counsel from the Gods about the Destruction of the Universe, 1589

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series Title

Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 1 (plate 8)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 18.4 x 26.2 cm (7 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

sheet: 16.1 x 34.1 cm (6 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 539, State i/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.153

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

in plate, across lower edge: Diuum hominumq parens scelerata Lycaonis acta / Deuvuet irritius, concilium q vocat / Turba Deum presto est subseriberis perdat ut omne / Diluvio humanum fluctivagante genus

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. 515

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 539, i/ii.