Saint Peter

1589

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows an older man kneeling and facing slightly upwards. His head is turned towards the left, and his hands are clasped together in front of him. He has a prominent forehead, flowing beard, receding hairline, short curly hair, and is dressed in long, flowing robes. In front of him lies a book with a cross on its cover, and a set of large keys are placed atop the book, each positioned just below his hands. The background consists of a cave-like setting with textured walls, and there are a few branches or leaves visible at the top. The lower portion of the image contains Latin text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9400

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 35, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1962

  • The Saints in Prints & Illuminations from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, The Art Gallery of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1962-1963, no. 26.

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. 35, i/v.

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: HGoltziu inven / et sculptor. Ao 1589; in margin below image, in plate: .I. / CREDO IN DEVM PATREM OM- / NIPOTENTEM, CREATOREM / COELI & TERRAE; numbered in plate at bottom left: 1.

Wikidata ID

Q65020950

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