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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R6980
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)
Title
Giovanni de' Medici Sends Back the Swiss Mercenaries
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The History of Giovanni de' Medici
Alternate Title: Giovanni de' Medici Compels the Swiss to Leave
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1578
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244724

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed on white wantique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 21.2 × 29.4 cm (8 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left in design area: Joh. Stra. inuē. P. Galle excudit.
  • inscription: lower margin to left and center: 7 // Ioha. Med. magnam Heluetiorum manum, que in Italiam irruebat, cum paruis copys pedem / domun propreanter referre cogit
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite: 174
  • watermark: Gothic P
  • collector's mark: erso, purple stamp wiith black ink numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 6980

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 351, Hollstein 332, Bartsch 288, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.288

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R6980
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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