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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R14228
People
Charles David, French (c. 1600 - 1636/38)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Calliope
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/239352

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 24.3 × 16 cm (9 9/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, on scroll at lower center of foreground: HG[monogram]oltzius Inventor
  • inscription: in plate, at lower edge of design area, at left, to right of center, and right: C. Dauid sculp. / 1 / firens ex.
  • inscription: in plate lower margin, to left and right: Prima characteres vocumq elementa notauit, / Quoq Deû laudes et quo prelustria facta // Congruat Heroum describere carmine, prima / Callipe educuit Clary celeberrima cetus. / F. Estius.
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in Randall's hand: B. Vol. III, p. 45, No. 146 (1), under / Goltzius himself, with / "HG[monogram]oltzius Inuent. et sculptor. Ao / 1592". / Is this a copy? Nagler. David. / Charles, designer (engraver, born / at Paris 1600.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 146 / fose / 180 [inscribed twice, 80 underlined] / 24368
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 4228
  • watermark: partial, illegible

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 129 copy a

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R14228
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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