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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1662
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Birth and Early Life of Christ
Alternate Title: Holy Family with John the Baptist (in Baroccio's Style)
Series/Book Title: "Meisterstiche"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1593
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217203

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 47.3 × 35.4 cm (18 5/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: lower right corner, blind stamp: G [Jan Baptist de Graaf (Lugt 1120)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA[monogram] / Pr. [within a circular double borderline; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • inscription: in plate, lowerleft corner of design area: HG[monogram]. / 1593.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: PRÆCVRSOR DOMINI LACTANTIS AB VBERE MATRIS / BLANDITVR PVERO PVER, ET COLLVDIT AMICE, // QVEM FRÆCOGNOVIT SALIENS VTERO ABDITVS, HVNC ET / INDICE MONSTRAVIT DIGITO CRESCENTIBVS ANNIS.
  • inscription: lower right corner, brown ink: N29
  • collector's mark: lower right corner, blind stamp: G [Jan Baptist de Graaf (Lugt 1120)]
  • collector's mark: erso, black stamp: Dr. / WA[linked] / Pr. [within a circular double borderline; Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1662
  • inscription: verso, graphite: F Baroccio_

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jan Baptiste de Graaf (1742-1804), Amsterdam (Lugt 1120). Dr. Wilhelm August Ackermann (1793-1865), Lubeck and Dresden (Lugt 791). Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 13, Bartsch 20, Filedt Kok 104.6, TIB0301.20

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1662
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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