Saturn

1592

Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Artist After, Lombard, c. 1499 - 1543

The image depicts a detailed line engraving of a male figure in a relaxed pose with one foot forward and the other back. The man leans against a staff held in his left hand, with his head turned to the left. He has a strong jawline, full beard, and curly hair falling to his shoulders. The man wears draped garments and an ornate vine belt. The background shows an archway with decorative elements, including sculptural figures on top and an inscription saying "SATVRNVS." Rich architectural details surround the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1981.25.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 315, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971)

Associated Names

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. 315, i/iii.

Inscriptions

top center, in plate: SATVRNVS; lower left, in image on pilaster base, in plate: Anno; lower right, in image on pilaster base: 1592; below image, in plate: Octo gentium Dij per Polydorum quondàm quodàm in atrio Romae e Cenobij Diui / Pauli regione: in colle Quirinali, nunc M. Cauallo ad parietem et lucidè et subumbrosè deliniati, / per HGoltzium ibidem adnotati, et celati postmodum in Tyronum gratiam.

Wikidata ID

Q74036544

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