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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2018
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Birth and Early Life of Christ
Alternate Title: Holy Family with John the Baptist (in Baroccio's Style)
Series/Book Title: "Meisterstiche"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1593
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244662

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in balck ink on white antique laid paper, damaged, darkened to brown, and laid down
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 47.8 × 35 cm (18 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: HG 1593
  • inscription: transcribed from the original mount, in Randall's hand: Henry Goltzius inv. et fecit. 1593. The Holy Family / in imitation of Baroccio. One of the & masterpieces / so-called.
  • inscription: in plate, bottom margin, left and right: PRÆCVRSOR DOMINI LACTANTIS AB VBERE MATRIS / BLANDITVR PVERO PVER, ET COLLVDIT AMICE, // QVEM PRÆCOGNOVIT SALIENS VTERO ABDITVS, HVNC [E]T / INDICE MONSTRAVIT DIGITO CRESCENTIBVS ANNIS.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: HG [monogram] / 1593. / 6
  • collector's mark: verso of secondary support, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2018
  • blind stamp: in plate, l.r. corner: G
  • collector's mark: verso, l.l., black stamp: Ackerman
  • inscription: verso, u.r., black ink: B.B.

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 14, Bartsch 20, Filedt Kok 104.6, TIB0301.020

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2018
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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