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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2000
People
Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Diligence
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Three Virtues
Alternate Title: Diligentia
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1593
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249948

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, stained and damaged
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 35.8 × 23.9 cm (14 1/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left corner, graphite, perhaps in Randall's hand: 267
  • inscription: transcribed from original mount, in Randall's hand: Goltzius inv. et fec
  • inscription: in plate, in stone block on which Diligentia sits: HG [monogram]
  • inscription: in plate, at leower edge of design area, to left and centered: I. Ianßonius . Exc., 1615 / DILIGENTIA
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Quem labor aßiduus, semper regidumque flagellum.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt2130)] 2000
  • watermark: [illegible, perhaps mark of Basel?]

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 516; Bartsch 116; Hollstein 47; Fildet Kok P.10.1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2000
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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