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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R6981
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)
Title
The Death of Giovanni de' Medici
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The History of Giovanni de' Medici
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1578
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244324

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream and stained
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 21.7 × 29.9 cm (8 9/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, on boat in the foreground at left: Johannes / Stradanus inuent: Heinrich Golß fecit
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area at right of center: Philippus Galle excude.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: 8 Ioh. Med. cum impetum Germanorū Borbonio duce crebris prælys reprimeret, tardaretqz, cumqz pro libertate / Italie acerrime pugnaret tormenti minoris ictu 29 annum agens pre dolore occumbit
  • inscription: lower right corner, brown ink: VI
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with black ink numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2120)] 6981
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Act / 289. / Ags [underlined] / 1820

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

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 352, Hollstein 333, Bartsch 289, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.289

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R6981
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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