Mausolaeum (The Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus)

1572

Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Maerten van Heemskerck

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Philip Galle, after Maerten van Heemskerck

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.5 x 27.2 cm (8 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.96

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 483, State ii/ii

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. 483, ii/ii

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Mausolaeum; bottom right in image: Martinus Heemskerck Inventor; across lower edge of plate: MAUSOLI A BVSTO CALIDOS HAVRIRE MARITI / DEPOSCENS CONIVNX CINERES, PIETATIS ADUVLTAE / EXEMPLO POSVIT TVMVLVM, SPIRANTIA CVIVS / ARTIFICES SVMMI CAELARVNT MARMORE SIGNA 6.

Wikidata ID

Q76559259

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