Nicolaus Petri van Deventer

1595

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows an upper-body portrait of a man with one arm bent on a table and his other hand on a globe. He has a full beard, mustache, pronounced nose, deep-set eyes, and short hair. He wears a textured doublet with a ruff collar. Various scientific objects surround him, including a globe, an armillary sphere, and geometric instruments. In the background, there is a scene with a figure holding a trumpet and a building with columns. A Latin inscription is visible at the top of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4646

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 240


Artwork history & notes

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. 240.

Wikidata ID

Q64957588

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