Neptune and Amphitrite, c.1594

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series Title

The Loves of the Gods (Plate 2)

Medium

engraving laid on paper

Dimensions

plate: 32.8 x 21.8 cm (12 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

sheet: 33.1 x 22.3 cm (13 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 139, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2012.92.600

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

in image, at bottom left: 2 / HG; below image, at bottom: Glauca Amphitrite dum, Caeruleo Ennosigaeo / Basia molitur tencrisqué aduoluitur vluis / Aeoliae cedunt sale subsidiente procellae, / Sedatiqué errant tranquilla per aequora fluctus / F. Estius.

Marks and Labels

verso, bottom right, stamped in black ink: Alessandro Castagnari (Lugt 86a); bottom center, stamped in black ink: Ruth Cole Kainen (Lugt 4740)

Provenance

Alessandro Castagnari [1881-1940], Rome (Lugt 86a). (David Tunick, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 19, 1973; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Castagnari, Alessandro
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Tunick, Inc., David

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger; no. 58, only

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesburg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 139, ii/ii (as by Goltzius)