Hendrick Goltzius

1649

Jonas Suyderhoff after Pieter Claesz Soutman

Associated Names
Jonas Suyderhoff

Artist, Dutch, c. 1613 - 1686

Pieter Claesz Soutman

Publisher, Dutch, 1580 - 1657

Pieter Claesz Soutman

Artist After, Dutch, 1580 - 1657

The image shows a man facing slightly to the right but looking directly at the viewer. He has prominent facial features with a high forehead, deep-set eyes, a long nose, and a full beard. He wears a cap over his hair and a collared garment that seems like a cloak over a shirt. The oval frame around the portrait is ornate with cherubic figures, fruits, and drapery. Cherubic figures at the top hold a wreath and a crest inscribed "EER BOVEN GOLT." Additional cherubic figures and a scroll with a Latin inscription are at the bottom of the frame. The background is abstract and textured.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40.9 x 27.5 cm (16 1/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
    plate: 46.2 x 32.1 cm (18 3/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.404

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 78, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased December 16, 1977, gift to her husband, Jacob Kainen; gift to NGA, 2002.

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

lower center in plate: Henricus Goltzius / sculpturae et picturae ambitum / et amplitudunem pari / celeritate et faelicitae / occupans / J. Suyderhoef Sculpsit P. Soutman Excud Cum Privel

Wikidata ID

Q76346555

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