Musketeer | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2021.287
People: Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch (Antwerp, Netherlands 1565 - 1629 The Hague, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title: Musketeer
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Officers and Soldiers (Plate 6)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1587
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/370258

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 21.3 × 15.5 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: in plate, lower left: 6. HG excud. JDGeyn sculp.
inscription: in plate, bottom: Auertunt frandem mea Symbola, et hostis iniqui / Argutos remouet cautio nostra dolos.
inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Hill-Stone, Inc., New York], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1997, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: i/iii
Standard Reference Number: Hollstein 358; New Hollstein 181

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year: 2021
Object Number: 2021.287
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions: The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Your Collection

Log in to the Harvard Art Museums