Titus Manlius Torquatus

1586

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows a muscular man in a combat stance. He stands with one leg forward and his torso twisted. He has a focused expression with a strong jawline and a mustache. The man wears a helmet with a plume and classical armor, showcasing his muscles. A garment drapes over his shoulder. The background depicts a battle scene with a cloudy sky and figures holding spears or lances in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37 × 23.1 cm (14 9/16 × 9 1/8 in.) (trimmed)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.556

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 168, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Naudet [active 1778-1829], Paris (Lugt 1937), acquired in 1810. (Hill-Stone Fine Prints & Drawings, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 6, 2006; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

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. 166, ii/ii

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesburg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 168, ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower left, in image, in plate: HG. fecit.; in margin below image, in plate: Haud minimo Gallum superas Torquate triumpho, / Robusto maior pectore, mole minor. / Haec vis est, habet hoc aeterni nominis ardor, / Ardua despecto cuncta subire metu. F. Estius

Wikidata ID

Q76557173

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