Pikeman

1587

Jacques de Gheyn II after Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Jacques de Gheyn II

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1629

Hendrick Goltzius

Publisher, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image depicts a person standing with a wide stance and slightly leaning back. The person is facing away from the viewer, turned to the right side, head slightly inclined backward. The individual's facial features are obscured by a helmet. The person is wearing armor and holding a long spear or lance across their back. The background shows multiple figures in armor with spears or pikes, arranged in formation. The terrain consists of rolling hills with sparse vegetation under a sketched sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.2 x 15.6 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 34 x 24.7 cm (13 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.8.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 184, State i/iii

Associated Artworks

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The image shows a man posing confidently. He has facial hair and curly hair spilling out from under a wide-brimmed hat with feathers. He wears ornate period clothing, including a lace ruff, a puffed, embroidered doublet, and breeches. He holds a ceremonial mace or staff in one hand and a sheathed sword by his side. In the background, there is a landscape with a city or castle on a hill and fields under a cloudy sky.

Colonel

Jacques de Gheyn II, Hendrick Goltzius

1587

Officers and Soldiers

Jacques de Gheyn II, Hendrick Goltzius

1587

The image shows a man standing upright. He is posing with one hand on his hip and the other holding a staff or spear with a decorative blade. The man has a mustache, a trimmed full beard, styled hair, and a feathered cap. He is wearing textured clothing with armor-like stripes, a ruffled collar, and detailed sleeves. The background features soldiers, cylindrical towers, buildings, and mountains.

Lieutenant-Colonel

Jacques de Gheyn II, Hendrick Goltzius

1587

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (De Gheyn family, Jan Piet Filedt Kok and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2000, no. 184, state i/iii.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: HG. excud. IDGeyn sculp.; lower center in plate: Conferto turbare acies...nostra sarissa vetat.; lower lfft in plate: 9.

Wikidata ID

Q76342689

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