Charlotte of Bourbon

1581

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image depicts a woman within an ornate oval frame. She is standing with her body slightly turned, hands resting on a cloth-draped table. Her face is captured in profile with distinct features and a serene expression. She has styled hair and wears a high collar, known as a ruff. The woman is dressed in a detailed gown with patterns, embroidery, and ornate sleeves. She wears visible jewelry around her neck. The background features Renaissance-style motifs, scrollwork, floral designs, allegorical illustrations, and Latin inscriptions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 26.8 × 18.2 cm (10 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.203

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 262, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1921

  • Hirschmann, Otto. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) mit Benutzung der durch E.W. Moest hinterlassenen Notizen zusammengestellt. Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1921. Reprint. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &Bie

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 262, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65073019

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