A Foxglove in Bloom

1592

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

This is a detailed line drawing of a tall plant with large, textured leaves and a flowering stalk at the top. The plant is centrally located in the drawing, with the leaves spreading outwards and the flowering stalk extending vertically from the middle of the plant. The dark lines of the drawing stand out against the paper, which is in shades of brown and appears to be aged and slightly discolored.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ludwig Burchard, London; Edmund Schilling, Frankfurt and London; bequest of his widow to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1961

  • Reznicek. E.K.J. Die Zeichnugen von Hendrick Goltzius. Utrecht, 1961: no. 409.

1982

  • Schilling, Rosi. Die von Edmund Schilling gesammelten Zeichnungen. The author, 1982: no. 51.

Inscriptions

upper right in brown ink: HG (in monogram); upper center in brown ink: 1592; by later hand, center verso in graphite: H. Goltzius; center verso stamped in black: 2418; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Gesch [?] / [?] / [?] 1947

Wikidata ID

Q64573646

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