Justus Lipsius

1587

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image depicts a man from the waist up. He is facing forward with his upper body slightly angled and his head turned to the side. His facial features include a prominent brow, deeply set eyes, a straight nose, and a full beard with a mustache. His hair is short and neat with a distinguished hairline. The man is wearing a high, pleated ruff collar, a fur-lined coat, and a buttoned garment underneath. He holds a small book in one hand and a realistic mask resembling an animal's head in the other. The background is a plain backdrop. An inscription in Latin is at the top, with additional text at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14 x 9.6 cm (5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.30.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 234

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Small Northern European Portraits from The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2000, brochure checklist no. 41.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

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. 234.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: HG (in monogram) / Fe.; across top of plate: MORIBUS ANTIQUIS AETAT. 40. Ao 1587.; by 17th century hand, across bottom in brown ink: Dicta est Pandore cui tot data dona Deorum, / Sic ego Pandorum nomino Lipsiadem / Paedarij (She, to whom the gods have given so many gifts, is called Pandora / Hence, I call Lipsius, Pandorus / Your little slave)

Watermarks

coat of arms?

Wikidata ID

Q75430662

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