M23430: The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M23430

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Dutch (Haarlem 1562 - 1638 Haarlem)

Title

The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Dragon Slaying the Companions of Cadmus

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1588

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/254473

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 25.3 x 31.7 cm (9 15/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, lower right, blue stamp: NJL [Norman Jack Leitman (Lugt 4545)]
• collector's mark: lower right corner, black stamp: FA / II [with crown above, all within an oval borderline; Friedrich August II Lugt 971)]
• collector's mark: verso, black stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M23430
• inscription: verso, various greaphite inscriptions: [illegible, cut off at the top edge of the sheet; the last digits are probably 47] / Mappe 120 / B.262. / H. 3: O I ([illeg.] IV) / fo 1089 (ca. 60 Bl.) / No./A7 / 3924 / [illeg.]HLCHS
• watermark: [illegible, elaborate]
• inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: Hasce artis primitias CCPictor Inuent., / simulq HG[monogram]oltz. Sculpt. D. Iacob Raeuwerdo / singulari Picture alumno, et Chalcographiæ / admiratori amicitiæ ergo. D D. / Ao 1588.
• inscription: in plate, lower margin: Dirus Agenoridæ laniat agmina Serpens, Vltor adest Cadmus pænasq reposit ab hoste.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (Lugt 971), sold [through his sale, November 17, 1856, R. Weigel, Dresden, lot 471]. Norman Jack Leitman, New York, London and San Diego (Lugt 4545). [R. M. Light & Co.], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/iv

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 329, Hollstein 310, Bartsch 262

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints

Accession Year

1996

Object Number

M23430

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Verzeichniss der Doubletten der Kupferstichsammlung Sr. Majestät des höchstseligen Königs Friedrich August II..., auct. cat., R. Weigel (Dresden, November 17, 1856), p. 45, lot 471

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