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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9847
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Proserpine
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Demogorgon and the Deities
Alternate Title: Flora
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1588-1600
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256892

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three bocks in black and two shades of brown ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
block (oval): 34.9 × 25.8 cm (13 3/4 × 10 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in light tone block, left edge, center: HG[monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: s[in a circle]S / EX [Horace M. Swope (Lugt 2368a)]
  • inscription: verso, on a piece of antique laid paper adhered as a repair, graphite: FO[or 70] Flore[underlined] / BIII-73-232-5
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 9847

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
id/id
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 298, Hollstein 370, Bartsch 236, Bialer 30d

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
M9847
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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