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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1991
People
Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
The Fool
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Fool Holding a Hobby-Horse
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1595
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249933

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 25.7 × 17.7 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower plate margin, graphite: JWR[very faint]: Goltzius inv Bartsch Vol. III. no. 103
  • inscription: in plate lower edge of design area, to left and right: HG[monogram]. Inuent. / I Sanredam sculp
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right and below these, centered: Elk gevalt zyn maniere daarom / is bet land vol gekken. // Iedem gefa'llt zein weiss wol / dumb ist daz lant der narre vol. // De ce fou que tu vois la figure est bien sote / Cependant comme lui chacun a sa Maroto.
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: Gerstaecker [with flourishes] [Adolph Theodor Gerstäcker (Lugt 1077)]
  • collector's mark:
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: C- 87- / 107 / 06 D[?]

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/iiii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 728, Bartsch 103, Hollstein 123, Filedt Kok135

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1991
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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