Philip Galle

1582

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image displays an upper-body portrait of a man standing with his torso turned slightly to the left while looking directly at the viewer. His face is adorned with a beard and mustache, and his hair is styled in a wavy manner, cut short. He wears a richly detailed garment featuring puffed, embroidered sleeves and an elaborate ruffled collar. His right hand is bent at the elbow and holds a rolled-up piece of paper, while his left arm is bent with his hand resting on a fabric-covered table, where another scroll and a small globe are placed. In the background is a detailed landscape, including a building, trees, a distant bridge, and mountains, all intricately rendered. The foreground of the image includes scroll-like Latin calligraphy along the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Madeleine R. Cury Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.1 x 13.9 cm (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.37.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 223, State ii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bernhard Keller (Lugt 384)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

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. 223, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

center left in plate on balcony wall: Henricus / Goltzius fecit / 1582; [7-line text within lower margin]; lower center verso in graphite: P. Galle graveur [plus additional pencil ed notes (not deciphered) by later hands]

Wikidata ID

Q74885053

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