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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24552
People
Unidentified Artist
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
A Pilot Whale
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Stranded Whale at Zandvoort
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1594
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/233403

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 18.1 × 25.7 cm (7 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
former frame: 39.7 × 49.8 cm (15 5/8 × 19 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: after J C Goltzius zandvoort 1594 / Hollstein VIII p. 138 No 571 / Bartsch III, unknown engravers No 94/ FMh 1033 (a), 6
  • inscription: verso, graphite, probably in the same hand as the preceeding inscriptions: dap van / zeet zeldizaam. togeschienen aan Goltzius / doop RWP de vries, Dozy veiling1909
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: HG[monogram]oltzius . exc
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Ceruleus profert immania corpora pontus; / Quorum vnum hîc cernis depictum candide lector; // Inventum Batavo deforme in littore monƒtrum: / Quod tibi ƒpectandum ƒcita dat Goltzius arte. / C. Schneus
  • watermark: illegible
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M24552

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 631, Hollstein 571, Barstch 94, Filedt Kok 108, The Illustrated Bartsch 0302.094

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Light-Outerbridge Collection, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
M24552
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Susan Dackerman, ed., Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2011), cat. 51 p. 230-231, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/06/2011 - 12/10/2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, 01/17/2012 - 04/08/2012

Verification Level

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