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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R836NA
People
Jan Harmensz. Muller, Dutch (Amsterdam 1571 - 1628 Amsterdam)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Third Day: The Separation of Land and Sea
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Creation of the World: Day Three
Series/Book Title: The Creation of the World
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1589
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/248030

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet (circular): 26.6 × 26.6 cm (10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in Randall's hand?: R Thomas 1820
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: P. mariette 1684 [Pierre Mariette II (Lugt 1789)]
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge to left of center: HG[monogram]. excud.
  • inscription: lower edge, center: 4 [somewhat soiled as if an attempt had been made to efface it]
  • inscription: in plate, upper area, centered: Dies. III.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
R Thomas, 1820, 1820. Written on verso, in hand of John Witt Randall, possibly indicating how he acquired object

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 384, Hollstein 4, Filedt Kok 61.4, New Hollstein 38

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R836NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), p. 6, fig. 5; checklist no. 22

Exhibition History

  • Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001

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