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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2040
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Tarquinius and Lucretia
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Lucretia
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1578
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244693

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 20.9 × 24.8 cm (8 1/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center of design area: Henricus Goltzius inventor et sculptor,
  • inscription: in plate, in design area to left of center: Phillippus Galle excu.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left, center, and right: Interea iuuenis furiales regius ignes / Concipitm et ceco raptus amore fuit. // Hostis ut hospes init, vaginaq eripit ensem, / Et venit in thalamos nupta pudica tuos. // Addidit atq necem, samulumq in crimina iungit, / Succubuit famæ victa puella metu.
  • watermark: illegible armorial
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2040

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 161, Hollstein 173, Bartsch 106, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.106

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2040
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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