Saint James the Less

probably 1589

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image depicts an illustration of a person shown from the waist up. The person is seated, leaning forward with their head tilted downward. They have a large mustache and long, curly gray hair. The individual is wearing a robe and their hands are clasped together on their lap. The background is detailed with curvaceous lines and there is Latin text in the lower portion of the image.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9396

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 44, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1921

  • Hirschmann, Otto. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) mit Benutzung der durch E.W. Moest hinterlassenen Notizen zusammengestellt. Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1921. Reprint. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &Bie

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 44.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: HG.; in margin below image, in plate: IX. / SANCTAM ECCLESIAM CA- / THOLICAM SANCTORVM / COMMVNIONEM.; numbered in plate at bottom left: 10.

Wikidata ID

Q65020943

You may be interested in

Loading Results