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1588/1590

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

This is a print showing an ornately decorated chariot pulled towards the left by bat-like creatures. A nude figure with pale skin sits at the front of the chariot, holding a torch aloft, a small owl next to them. The chariot has a hood over the figure's head, carvings on the side, and four large wheels. Above the figure, a rooster is perched on the hood of the chariot. A person with pale skin and long hair appears to sleep in the back of the chariot, their head resting on their hand, round white symbols surrounding them. The chariot appears to rest on top of fluffy white clouds, and the sky in the background is olive green. The print is oval, and beyond it is off-white paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut in ochre-sepia, dark olive and black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (oval): 34.5 × 26 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4636

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 300, State b/c

  • Series Title

    Gods and Goddesses [Hirschmann 367-372]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Franz Rechberger( 1771-1841), Vienna (Lugt 2133)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

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

1981

  • Ackley, Clifford S. Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt. Exh. cat. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1981:, p.6, 3.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 300, b/c.

Inscriptions

recto: in black bloc at lower center: HG.f.; verso: at center in black ink in later hand: F. Rechberger 1802 [Lugt 2133]; at lower left in graphite in later hand: Cas [indecipherable]; at lower center in graphite in later hand: B. 237 / Dut 237 / H. 2?2 / MK 36646; at lower right in graphite in later hand: KK 792

Markings

recto: none; verso: Z stamped in black ink [unidentified, Lugt 2678f], Lessing J. Rosenwald, and National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

to be identified

Wikidata ID

Q64957582

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