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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26083
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Venus and Cupid
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Three Goddesses
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1596
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/59233

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 34.1 × 25.3 cm (13 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.2 × 26.2 cm (13 7/8 × 10 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: HG [monogram]
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner of spandrel: 2
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin to left and right: Immenso nostrum spectatur numen in orbe, / Et magnam passim vim meus ignis habet. // Non Dij, non homines ulli mea spicula vitant, / His vosucres figo, squamigerumq genus
  • inscription: verso, brown ink and graphite: AS [? written with flourishes] 2115 [graphite; seems to be associated with the ink initials]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: NJL [monogram; Norman Jack Leitman (Lugt 4545)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M26083
  • watermark: illegible

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 142, Hollstein140, Filedt Kok.140.2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Norman Leitman in honor of Robert M. Light
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26083
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under Lugt 4545

Verification Level

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