M24223: The Dead Saviour Supported by an Angel

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M24223

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Bartholomeus Spranger, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1546 - 1611 Prague)

Title

The Dead Saviour Supported by an Angel

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Body of Christ Supported by an Angel

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1587

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/190969

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 34.4 x 25 cm (13 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, lower margin, left, center, and right: O'hono qui cernis nostrum sub imagine fumus, / Esto memor quam fim pro te cruelia passus, / Qui fueram plastes, fierem Saluator vt idem. // Authorem venerata suam, et restata dolorem / Intrenuit tellus magno concussa fragore, / Et tum nec silices, nec saxa carentia sensu. // Ob texit rutulos et Sol caligine vultus, / Et stupuit Natura parens miserata Parates / Nec genitum vos ō celi tenuistis Alumni
• inscription: design area, lower right corner, gray/brown ink: 81
• inscription: in plate, on tomb: Ao 1587
• inscription: in plate, design area, on plaque at lower left: Generoso et Magnifico Domino Duo /Paulo syxto Trautson libero Baroni in / Specherstain et Schrofesnstain &c. Sacre / Cæs.æ Mtis. camerario supremo Curiæ Mareschalco, / et Concily Imperalis Presidi, Dno suo B. Spran- / ger Jnue. et H. Goltzius sculp, hac beneuoli animi, / humilis obsequy Mnemosynon quantulucu D.D.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Frisch, Collector. a black collector's stamp on the verso: "Frisch" surrounded by a rectangular outline; not in Lugt

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 339, Bartsch 273, Hollstein 320

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mariot Fraser Solomon in memory of Frances Smyth Ravenel

Accession Year

1999

Object Number

M24223

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/24/2019 - 02/13/2020

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