Harvard Art Museums > 67.2003: The Expense of Litigation Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Expense of Litigation (Hendrick Goltzius) , 67.2003,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 27, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/167978. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 67.2003 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title The Expense of Litigation Other Titles Original Language Title: Huis en hof... Eccl.8:1; Pr.30:15; Is.9:20; Gal.5:15 Series/Book Title: The Abuses of the Law Series/Book Title: Litis Abvsvs Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1576 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/167978 Physical Descriptions Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 18.1 × 22.8 cm (7 1/8 × 9 in.) sheet: 24.9 × 33 cm (9 13/16 × 13 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: upper margin, brown ink: Jo 102 e. inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right, the first lines of left and right run together as the title: Huts en hof verslinc het Proces onuersadelÿck= / Non litigas cum homine potente, ne forte incidas in manus illius. Ecclesiasti. 8. / Sanguisugæ duæ sunt filiæ, dicentes, Affer Affer. Prouerbior. 30. / Vir fratri suo non parcet - vnusquisque carnem brachÿ sui vorabit. Esai. 9. / Quod si inucem mordetis et commeditis: videte ne ab inuicem cōsummamini. Gal. 5. // Met gesindes, tyds, en der zielen versuym scadelÿck / Stryt nit mit dem gewaltigē, das su im nit in seine hend fallist, / Die àglen hat zwo toechteren: (die eine heiszt) Traghaer (die ander Bringhar. / Es wirt ÿeder das flciseh seines arms essen. : eināder verzeert werdind. / So ir euch aber vnder eināder byssēd vnd fråssend, so sehend zů das ir nit vnder: inscription: in plate, adjacent to figures: Lisites generans // Litigator // Negligentia / domus // Negligentia / temporis // Negligēna / anime // Anima / Litagato= / ris inscription: in plate, lower margin, centered: .5. watermark: Grapes? inscription: verso, graphite: 67.2003 collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering within: MC [monogram; Marjorie Cohn] 02 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Library of Rouche-Guyon. Album of multiple sets auctioned off, c. 2002, at Hotel Drouot, purchased by Proute State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/ii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 190, The Illustrated Bartsch 160o Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Robert and Barbara Wheaton Object Number 67.2003 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Related Works 63.-70.2003 Hendrick Goltzius Litis Abvsvs, or, The Abuses of the Law Prints Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
