Hubert Goltzius

1574

Melchior Lorch

Artist, Danish, 1526/1527 - 1583 or after

Melchior Lorch

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.1 x 19.9 cm (11 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.8 x 22.2 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.152.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 25, State undesc iii/iii, with oval plate

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jan Johnson, Montreal); 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

Inscriptions

around edge of plate: HVBERTVM GOLTZIVM HERBIPOLITAM VENLONIANVM CIVEM ROMANVM HISTORICVM ET TOTIVS ANTIQVITATIS INSTAVRATOREM CELEBERRIMVM MELCHIOR LORICHIVS FLENSBVRGENSIS HOLSATVS AD VIVVM DELINEABIT ET IN AERE SCVLPEBAT.

Wikidata ID

Q76348709

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