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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7840
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Pieter van Foreest
Other Titles
Former Title: Petrus Forestus, Physician
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1586
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/275037

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 13.2 × 18 cm (5 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: O.E.663 ["old engraving"; M. Knoedler and Co. (Lugt 2007)]
  • collector's mark: Verso, blue/black stamp: H. W. / M.D. [Heinrich Wolff (Lugt 1392)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4896)] 7840
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: sc
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner of design area: HG[monogram].
  • inscription: in plate, upper edge of design area: ÆTAT SVÆ. 64. Ao 1586
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Ceu viuum vt videas, oculis atque ore Forestum / Goltzius hîc mira dexteritate dedit, / Non tamē ingenium manus æmula reddidit, ægris / Et quæ Pæonia prætitit arte suis. / Hæc libri referunt, supplent sic scripta Forestum / Etsi non totus detur in ære tibi. / N.F.A.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 219, Hollstein 187, Bartsch 169, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.169

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7840
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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