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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2055
People
Traditionally attributed to Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Teiresias Striking Two Coupled Snakes with His Staff
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Tiresias Changed Into a Woman
Series/Book Title: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book III
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1589
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244353

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 × 25.5 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, above design borderline, to left and right: 8 / HG[monogram] inv. R d Baud. ex.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Hic duo serpentum coentia corpora, virgâ / Vir violans, vixit septem post foeminâ soles: // Octavo hos rursus, dum foemina percutit, anno, / Reddita forma priorm seusq et imago virilis. / G. Rÿkius
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2055

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
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollsein 579, Hollstein 555, Bartsch 78, Filedt Kok 79, The Illustrated Bartsch 0302.78

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2055
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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