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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2047
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)
Title
The Christ Child with the Infant John the Baptist and St. Elizabeth
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Young Saint John Adoring the Infant Christ
Alternate Title: Salvator Mundi
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1578
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244323

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet (octagonal): 17.8 × 13.2 cm (7 × 5 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower design area, to left and right: Ioannes Strada. inuen. / H. Goltzius Sculp. // Phls Galle excud.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Cognato alludidt CHRISTVS; pia cogiitat Agnum / Mater: quos Sacro Spiritus igne fouet.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Brntz [but perhaps Bartsch] / p. 85, 278
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2047

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

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 346, Hollstein 323, Bartsch 278, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.278

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2047
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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