Pygmalion and Galatea, 1593

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 33 x 21.7 cm (13 x 8 9/16 in.)

sheet: 34 x 23.1 cm (13 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 157, State ii/iv

Accession Number

2012.92.554

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Jan Pietersz Saenredam (publisher) Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Image Use

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Inscription

in image, at bottom right: I. Saenredam excu. / Anno 1593. / HGoltzius. Inuet. et sculp; below image: Sculpsit ebur niueum quod virginis ora gerebat / Pygmalion viuae dixisses virginis ora. / Ipse opus author amans in imagine flagrat eburna, / Munere Acidaliae cupido dein iuncta marita est. / F. Estius; by later hand, verso in graphite: B III.138/1er Etat, 1 Etat

Provenance

(Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 30, 1989; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Mulder, Frederick, Mr.

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; no. 158, ii/iv

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesburg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 157, ii/iv