Sol or Apollo

probably 1592

Hendrik Goltzius after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Artist After, Lombard, c. 1499 - 1543

The image shows a full-length figure of a person standing upright in a niche. The person is nude, apart from a cloth draping the lower body. They hold a bow in one hand and lean on an object with the other arm, which resembles a staff or a bow detail. The person has curly hair, defined facial features, and a focused expression. A quiver filled with arrows is slung across the back. Surrounding the figure are pillars, an arch, and two cherubs holding a decorative wreath above the arch. The word "SOL" is inscribed at the top. In the background, there are intricate classical-style architectural elements, including a serpent entwined among other carvings near the figure's feet.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1981.25.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 319


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971)

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. 319.

Wikidata ID

Q74036558

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