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Jacob Matham after Hendrik Goltzius

Eros and Anteros, probably 1588

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series Title

Mythological Subjects: pl.6 [Holl. 237-244]

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 29.2 x 21.2 cm (11 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein no. 353, state i/ii

Accession Number

1986.23.2

Artists / Makers

Jacob Matham (artist) Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

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Inscription

lower left in pencil: 283; lower left in plate: 6.; lower left in plate: HG.Inuent.

Provenance

Ruth Benedict (RB, Lugt undescribed)

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

Exhibition History

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 8.

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

1959: B. 283.

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Léna Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 353, i/ii.

1994: A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 8.

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