Perseus and Andromeda, 1597

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.7 x 37.1 cm (10 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)

sheet: 27.1 x 37.5 cm (10 11/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 189, State i/iii

Accession Number

2006.10.1

Artists / Makers

Jacob Matham (artist) Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Ao 1597 Cum privil. Sa Cae. M. / Andromade ceto miserè... / ...cautibus heret.; lower center in plate: Quam sibi mox Perseus... / ...sociali foedere iungit.; lower right in plate: HGoltzius Invenit. I. Matham Sculp. / C. Schoeneus.

Provenance

Herzog von Arenberg (Lugt 567). E. Fabricius (Lugt 847a). (Helmut Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2005 by NGA.

Associated Names

Rumbler, Helmut H., Mr.

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

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Léna Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 189, i/iii.