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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2038
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Polymnia
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/244197

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, discolored to tan and damaged
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 24.5 x 16.4 cm (9 5/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: HG fe.
  • inscription: lower left corner of design area, graphite: Goltzius / fecit [in Randall's hand?]
  • inscription: in plate, lower right corner of design area: HG[monogram]. fe.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Rethorice fontes, luculentaq verba ministrat / Ore manuq gestus formare decoros, // Hymnosq et Peana cancs Polyhymnia letum, / Aonias inter minime postrema sorores.
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2038
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: Comp.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: W

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
iii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 136, Hollstein 155, Bartsch 153, Filedt Kok 90.8, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.153

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2038
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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