Jupiter and Io, 1589

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series Title

Ovid's Metamorphoses (plate 16)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 17.4 x 24.9 cm (6 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.) cut to platemark

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 547, State i/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.159

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in image: 16; lower center in plate: Juppiter Inachiden densa caligne stupirat... / ... facta dea est; by later hand, verso in graphite: B 47 Jupiter & Io Ovid I, 16

Provenance

Dr. Edward Peart, London (1756 or 1758 - 1826) (Lugt 892). Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge: no. 524

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 547, i/ii.