Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, 1589

Not on View

series Title

Ovid's Metamorphoses (plate 12)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 17.9 x 25.6 cm (7 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.), cut to platemark

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 583, State undescribed

Accession Number

2011.139.136

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Robert de Baudous (publisher) Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in image: HG inven.; Robbertus de Bauddous exc.; lower center in plate: Invitum medio complectens Naiada fonti... / ...... simul spectantur utroque. / G. Rÿckius

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: no. 520

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 583, undescribed.