Hubert Goltzius, 1574

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.1 x 19.9 cm (11 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

sheet: 31.8 x 22.2 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 25, State undesc iii/iii, with oval plate

Accession Number

2000.152.2

Artists / Makers

Melchior Lorch (artist) Danish, 1526/1527 - 1583 or after

Image Use

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Inscription

around edge of plate: HVBERTVM GOLTZIVM HERBIPOLITAM VENLONIANVM CIVEM ROMANVM HISTORICVM ET TOTIVS ANTIQVITATIS INSTAVRATOREM CELEBERRIMVM MELCHIOR LORICHIVS FLENSBVRGENSIS HOLSATVS AD VIVVM DELINEABIT ET IN AERE SCVLPEBAT.

Provenance

(Jan Johnson, Montreal); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Johnson, Jan

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge