Neptune

probably 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 shows a muscular figure in a powerful pose with legs slightly apart, facing forward. The figure has a defined face with a beard and flowing hair. They are draped in a cloth around their waist, holding a trident in one hand and a bundle of reeds or plants in the other. The background includes an arch above the figure and two winged cherubs in flight.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1981.25.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 316

  • Series Title

    Gods of Antiquity

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. 316.

Wikidata ID

Q74036549

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