Hans Felbbier

1582

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image shows a man with short hair and a neat beard, dressed in elaborate historical attire. He is portrayed in a formal pose within an oval frame with decorative script. The background is plain with subtle texture, highlighting the man's appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate (oval): 9.7 x 7.5 cm (3 13/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 12.5 x 9.7 cm (4 15/16 x 3 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.28.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 218, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Salomon Gautier (Lugt 2978?)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch 206.

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

1977

  • Strauss 1977, 157.

1988

  • R.E. Lewis, Inc. Old Master Prints. California, April 1988: no.21.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 218, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

around circumference in plate in oval frame: GOD T VERZACHT HGoltzius fecit. 1582.; upper right verso in brown ink: Gaul: 2d [illegible]; lower left verso in graphite: 23812; center verso in red crayon: No69

Wikidata ID

Q74878024

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