Josina Hamels

1580

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows a woman standing with both hands resting on a skull on a table before her. She is facing slightly to her left with a composed expression. She has delicate facial features, a pointed chin, and an elaborate updo. She wears a dress with puffed sleeves and a high ruff collar. The background of the oval frame surrounding her depicts a countryside scene with a town in the distance and people gathered around a fire. The frame includes decorative elements like musical figures and foliage. A book is on the table beside the skull.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9410

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 217, State ii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), 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

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 217, ii/iii.

Inscriptions

in oval frame around portrait, in plate: SEQVI PARATA, SIVE TE BELLO dVCEM SEV PACE CIVEM POSTVLABIT PATRIA. REBECCA QVALIS AVT PARENS SARA HAC VNA LEX EST CONIVGIVIRVM SEQVI.; in cartouche below portrait, in plate: HGoltzius. fecit // .1589

Wikidata ID

Q65020976

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