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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2041
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian (Caravaggio, near Bergamo, Italy c. 1499 - 1543 Messina, Italy)
Title
Pluto
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Eight Antique Gods
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1592
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244669

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laId paper, darkened to tan, soiled and damaged
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 35.3 × 21.4 cm (13 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: Caravaggio [in Randall's hand]
  • inscription: in plate, upper edge, centered: P L V T O
  • inscription: lower corners, left and right: Polidorus Inue. // 3 / HG[monogram]. Sculptor
  • inscription: verso, black chalk: Gig[?]t
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Cl / 5442[checkmark] / xv[?] / IHA[?]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2041

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 317, Hollstein 298, Bartsch 251, Filedt Kok 92.3, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.251

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2041
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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