Minerva

1596

Hendrick Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

This is a drawing of a female figure seated on clouds. The central figure wears a helmet with plumes and flowing robes. She holds a spear and rests her hand on a shield with a frightening face. An owl sits beside her. Surrounding elements include spears and helmets. Two smaller scenes in the background depict a chariot and a group of figures. The drawing style is detailed and dynamic, with ornate borders and weapon illustrations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.9 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.) (trimmed within plate mark)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.63

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 141, State only

  • Series Title

    Three Goddesses (Plate 1)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 10, 1987; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2022

  • The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger; no. 63, only (as Saenredam)

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 141, only (as Goltzius)

Inscriptions

in image, at centre left: Cum privil. Sa. Cae. M. / Anno 1596; in image, at bottom centre: HG; in image, at bottom right: I; below image, at left: Quaecunque in terris florent, Sunt Palladis artes, / A me dexteritas, ingeniiqué vigor; below image, at centre: Magco ac Clarmo uiro Dño Joañi Baruito I. U. D.ri Sa. Cae. Mtis / Consiliario Aulico, e Secretario Dño suo obseruandissimo / H. Goltzius officii e gratitudinis ergò / D. D.; below image, at right: Nec mirum, ex cerebro cum sim prognata, Iovisqué / Optima pars, summo filia charo Deo. / C. Schonaeus

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: Ruth Cole (Lugt 4739)

Watermarks

present but undeciphered

Wikidata ID

Q76343290

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