Harvard Art Museums > R2021: Allegory of Rome 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"Allegory of Rome (Hendrick Goltzius) , R2021,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/244241. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number R2021 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title Allegory of Rome Other Titles Series/Book Title: The Roman Heroes Alternate Title: Frontispiece: Protecting Divinity of Rome Series/Book Title: Illustrious Romans Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1586 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/244241 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 37 × 23.6 cm (14 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: Imperial Orb [?] inscription: in plate, lower left corner of image area: HG[monogram]oltzius inuenit Sculpsit / et diuulgauit Ao. 1586. / Harlemi. inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Ecce gemelliparæ sobolem inuictissime Cæsar / Ilice, et armisoni pignora sacra Dei: / Quæ Lupa natura pleno obluctante beauit / Vbere, et in siccam Tybris adegit humum; / Effet Dardanio proles vt ab igne superstes, / Auspice qua tollat Roma per astra caput. / Europæq, Afiæq cui gens cornua, et ipsa / Submittat fastus Aphica terra suos. // Cuius Maistas per auos, atanosq tuorum, /In te deluxit maxime Romulidûm, / Nec post translatos Roma vocare suum. / Ipsi etiam Heroës, quorum Romula creuit ope, / Se sudasse tibi tanta virtute fatentur, / Nuc saluere etiam, quo licet ore, inubent. / Franco / Estius / composuit inscription: in plate, in central pedestal: MEMORABILIA ALIQVOT ROMANÆ / strenuitatis Exempla, / POTENTISSmo. DIVICTISSIMQ, ROMANORVM. / Imperatori Rudopho. IIo. / S. A. / SERENISSmo SVR / Cæsareæ Matis. / Humillimus, minimisq / clientubus / Henricus Goltzius / chancographus. D.D. inscription: verso, graphite: No. 2169 / H / No 945[?]103 [all enclosed in an oval swirl] watermark: World Orb [?] collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2021 Provenance Recorded Ownership History John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State iii/v Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 163, Hollstein 161, Bartsch 94, Filedt Kok 26, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.094 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Object Number R2021 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. Publication History Marjolein Leesberg, The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts: Hendrick Goltzius, ed. Huigen Leeflang, Sound & Vision Publishers and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2012), vol. 25, part 1, p. 273 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
