Olympy Iovis Simulacrum (The Statue of Jupiter at Olympia)

1572

Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Theodor Galle

Publisher, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.4 x 27.2 cm (8 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.), cut within platemark

  • Accession

    2011.139.93

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 480, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 480

Inscriptions

upper right in image: Olympy Iovis / Simulacrum; lower left in image: Martin Heemskerck invent.; along lower edge: ELIS OLYMPIADVM MATER, QVAE SIGNAT ACHIVVM / NOBILIBVS FASTOS LVDIS, MIRACVLA CLAVDID / PHIDIACVM QVE IOVEM OSTENTAT NIVEO EX, ELEPHANTO, / QVALIS CAESARIE AC NVTV CONCVSSIT OLYMPVM

Wikidata ID

Q76559253

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