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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.298
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Gerrit de Jong
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Pike Bearer, Standing
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1583
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370268

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 27.1 × 14.9 cm (10 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
sheet: 27.3 × 15.1 cm (10 3/4 × 5 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: HGoltzius fecit. Ao 1583
  • inscription: bottom, in plate: Des lants weluaert, moet zyn bewaert byden getrouwen, / Die aen elcken cant, voor tvaderstant haer trouw bewysen. / Daermen int begin, sonder gewin op mochten bouwen, / Sulck een men plach, DIE NOCH TOE SACH, lofflick te prysen
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: B215 Rott 31/10 / 40 /67
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: /2 DT4RML LLB
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 15727
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: '40. 119.
  • collector's mark: verso, left center, brown ink: D / RPK [Lugt 789a, mark of the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum]
  • collector's mark: verso, left center, black ink: R: MVS [encircled] [Lugt 2228, mark of Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum]
  • collector's mark: verso, right center, black ink: R: MVS [encircled] [Lugt 2228, mark of Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum]
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: H. 248 i/iii

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Lugt 789a and Lugt 2228). [R. M. Light, Santa Barbara] sold; toMariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1999, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 248; New Hollstein 281

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.298
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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