Harvard Art Museums > R2022: Allegory of Fame and History 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 Fame and History (Hendrick Goltzius) , R2022,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/244553. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number R2022 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title Allegory of Fame and History Other Titles Title: The Roman Heroes Alternate Title: Frontispiece: Fame and History Series/Book Title: Illustrious Romans Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1586 Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/244553 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 37.2 × 23.4 cm (14 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks watermark: World Orb [?] inscription: in plate, in ground area, lower center: HG[monogram]oltzius fecit. inscription: in plate, just above image lower borderline, centered: Ao. 1586 inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Vita hominum breuis est, bullæ instar aquatilis exit, / Gloriaq illius ceu leuis vmbra fugit. / Inclyta quin virtus, et fortia facta prioum / Mersa chao æterno, sub tenebrisq forent: / Scævola tu, Curtiq, et Cocles, et alter Horati, / Effetis cineres, fumus, et aura, nihil. Viuida Posteritas, et facti postera Fama / Ni ferat in lucem, et nocte latere vetet. // Te quoq, virtutemq tuam, nomenq tuorum / Et decus, ô Cæsar, Teutonicosq Duces, / Enthea Posteritas, et præpete Fama volatu, / Per terras omnes, æquora, et astra vehent, / Imperium iam tot quorum virtute per annos / Nullm æui cariem sentit, et vsq viget: / Et stirps Troiugenûm Germanos nacta nepotes / Inuicta priscos Marte tuetur auos. / F. Estius com: / posuit. inscription: in plate, on the fore edge of the open book: HISTORIA inscription: in plate, on the pedestal: Omnia morte cadunt; nescit mortq inexhausta vnica Virtus, / Solaq inexhausta Posteritate viget. / AKHPATOƩ H AAKH collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2022 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 172, Hollstein 170, Bartsch 95, Filedt Kok 26.10, The Illustrated Bartsch0301.95 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Object Number R2022 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. 279 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
