Saint Peter

1589

Jacques de Gheyn II

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1629

Hendrick Goltzius

Publisher, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

possibly by Jacques de Gheyn II, after Hendrik Goltzius

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 30.4 x 21 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 30.5 x 21.1 cm (12 x 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.54.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, 460, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

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 Hertzberge

1978

  • The Illustrated Bartsch. New York, 1978 - .

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2012; no. 460, i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower left in image: HGoltzius inve. / Ao 89; across bottom in plate: Te velut in petra fundata Ecclesia Christi est, / Et celi potis es tu referare seras. / Nec stygie eripient unquam tibi Petre phalanges / Claues, ille femel quas Deus ipse dedit. / F. Estius.
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Watermarks

lion in a circle (similar to Briquet 10566)

Wikidata ID

Q75431051

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