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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2032
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Clio
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Nine Muses
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1592
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244240

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 25.1 x 16.8 cm (9 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: HG fe.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner of design area: HG[monogram]. fecit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of designarea, to left: 4
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Gesta ducum, Reguniq canit Parnassia Cleo, / Historicis mandatq modis, et fortia facta // Heroum nè tempus edax, nè conterat etas / Inuidiosa cauetm longumq extentit in Æum. / F. E.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2032
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 146 / 24382

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 132, Hollstein 151, Bartsch 149, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.149

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2032
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Liangkai Chou, Clio Refigured: Essays on the Visual Representations of History and Public History, National Taiwan Normal University (Taipei, 2023), p. 1, repr.; cover image

Verification Level

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