Cliff on a Seashore

probably 1592/1595

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image depicts a seascape with rocky cliffs, a small settlement, and distant ships on the horizon. The style is reminiscent of a woodcut with bold lines, crosshatching, and a limited color palette of primarily blue, black, and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut with white heightening on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.5 × 14.5 cm (4 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.24.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 310, State i(a)/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Landscape Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, no cat.

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

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. 310, i(a)/ii.

Watermarks

to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q74036521

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