Diana Presiding Over Navigation and Fishing

1596

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Hendrick Goltzius

Associated Names
Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Hendrick Goltzius

Artist After, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

This is a drawing of a coastal scene with a statue and various marine activities. The scene features a large statue of a nude figure standing on a pedestal. Surrounding the statue, there are several figures engaged in activities related to the sea, such as handling nets and baskets with fish. In the background, there are ships and boats, suggesting a busy maritime area, possibly a port or a fishing village. The setting is lively, with birds flying and distant landscapes indicating a coastal community. The engraving style captures the human form, textures of the sea, and movement of ships on the horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.5 × 17.8 cm (10 1/16 × 7 in.)
    sheet: 35.4 × 25.2 cm (13 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.31.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 56, State ii/ii

  • Series Title

    The Seven Planetary Gods and Their Children

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Nicolaas Teeuwisse, OHG, Berlin); purchased 2022 by NGA.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam, 1980: XXIII: no. 56, 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. 663, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

in image, lower left, in plate: 7; below image, in plate: Vasta procellosi mihi parent equora ponti, / Diverso stabiles renovanti lumine cursus.; outside of plate, at left, in black ink by a later hand: G7

Markings

none

Watermarks

shield with three fleur de lys

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