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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2029
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Marcus Valerius Corvus
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Roman Heroes
Alternate Title: Valerius Corvinus
Series/Book Title: Illustrious Romans
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1586
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244317

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 37.1 × 23.7 cm (14 5/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: World Orb [?]
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of image area: 6 HG[monogram]. fecit
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Magnanimo Couine tibi grato omine Coruus / Fert opem; atrox Gallus sanguine fœdat humum. // Scilicet et Fortuna fauet prestantibus ausis, / Et tangunt magnos fortia facta Deos. / F. E.
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2029

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

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 169, Hollstein 167, Bartsch 101, Filedt Kok 26.7, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.101

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2029
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjolein Leesberg, The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts: Hendrick Goltzius, ed. Huigen Leeflang, Sound & Vision Publishers and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2012), vol. 25, part 1, p. 277

Verification Level

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