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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1663
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Bernardino Passeri, Italian (Rome, Italy 1540 - 1590 Rome, Italy)
Title
Adoration of the Magi
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1585
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216746

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 20.2 × 14.8 cm (7 15/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
sheet: 21.7 × 16.4 cm (8 9/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of image area: HG[monogram]oltzius .fc. et. excud.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Quod Abrahæ, Datumq de Christo fides, / tusq spondet Gabrielis nuncius; / Ioannis exclamatio, atq Magdales / Pia vnctio, Petriq, necnon sub Cruce // Centurionis euidens confessio / Quod personant: Hoc dona Regum mystica / Toquuntur; Aurum. Myrrha, Thusq siquidem / Regem, Deumq, Hominemq, mortalem notant.
  • watermark: illegible
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 610.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1663

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 331, Hollstein 16, Bartsch 22, Filedt Kok 16, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.22

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1663
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Africans in Black and White: Images of Blacks in 16th- and 17th-Century Prints, W. E .B. Du Bois Institute, Rudenstine Gallery, Cambridge, 09/02/2010 - 12/03/2010

Verification Level

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