The Three Graces

1588

Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius

Associated Names
Jacob Matham

Artist, Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows three figures in an intricate pose, partially draped in fabric. One person stands in the center with their back to the viewer, while the other two face each other. They have detailed facial features and braided updos, holding decorative wreaths above their heads. The background has swirling cloud forms.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on beige laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.8 × 21.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 355, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York [1920-2011]; Estate of Leo Steinberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 355, i/ii.

Inscriptions

In plate, bottom: HG.(interlaced) Inuent./ Cur nudae Charites? et mundo orbata inuenta? / [hic qui]a fucus abest, est vbi verus Amor. / Munda carent mundo, nullo se tegmine velant, / Sese ornata sat est intemerata Charis.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: B (p201/119.) 285 / J. Matham / The Three Graces / Cur nudae Charites...; lower left verso in graphite: C/t

Watermarks

fluer-de-lis in shield with crown

Wikidata ID

Q76559002

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