Harvard Art Museums > 70.2003: Death of the Foolish Litigant Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Death of the Foolish Litigant (Hendrick Goltzius) , 70.2003,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 03, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/167979. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 70.2003 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title Death of the Foolish Litigant Other Titles Series/Book Title: The Abuses of the Law Series/Book Title: Litis Abvsvs Original Language Title: Wat wint donwÿse pleuer... Pr.11:7; Is.66:24; Eccl.13:1; Matt.5:25 Classification Prints Work Type print Date c. 1576 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/167979 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 18.2 × 22.1 cm (7 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.) sheet: 24.8 × 32.7 cm (9 3/4 × 12 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: upper margin, brown ink: Jo 105 e. inscription: in plate, adjacent to the three major figures, left, center, and right: Litigator / Confāctia mala / Paupertes inscription: in plate, lower margin, center: 8 inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right, the first lines of left and right run together as the title: Wat wint donwÿse pleuer met syn moetlick drauen. / Mortuo hōie impio nulla erit vltra spes, et solicitorum expectatio peribit. Pro. 11. / Vermis eorū nō extīguetur: et erūt vsq ad satietatē. Esa. 66 / Alÿ rapiunt non sua et semper in egestate sunt. Prouerbi. 11. studici. Mat. 5. / Esto cōsentiens aduersario tuo cito dum es in via cū eo, ne sorte tradatte aduersarius, // Dat hem quaey conscientié en armoey begrauen. / So der gotlos stirbt, so ist seī hofnūg vss: dā das hoffen der frásler isēt verderbunss. / Frewurm werdēd nit sterbē, noch ir theur erloscen, Esai. 66. / Bosz ist die armůt in dem mund der gottlosen. Ecclesiati. 13. / Bisz wilfertig deinē widersacher bald, dieweil du och mit im auf dem wág bist. collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering within: MC [monogram; Marjorie B. Cohn] 02 inscription: verso, graphite: 70.2003 watermark: Grapes? Provenance Recorded Ownership History Library of Rouche-Guyon. Album of multiple sets auctioned off, c. 2002, at Hotel Drouot, purchased by Proute State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/ii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 193, The Illustrated Bartsch 160r Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Robert and Barbara Wheaton Object Number 70.2003 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. Related Works 63.-70.2003 Hendrick Goltzius Litis Abvsvs, or, The Abuses of the Law Prints 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
