Inscription
in image, at bottom right: HGoltzius Inue. / et excud. Ao. 1588; below image: Sub caelo Pater omnipotens Elementa locauit / Quatuor, his constat quicquid hic orbis habet. / Hînc homines, pecudes, hinc arbor, et erba, frutexque / Hinc mortale omne est, caetera Nectar alit.
Provenance
T. Lundh (not in Lugt). Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C. (not in Lugt); Gift to NGA, 2012.
Bibliography
- 1949
- Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 237, i/iii
- 1993
- The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Lena Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 348, i/iii (as attributed to Matham)