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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2042
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian (Caravaggio, near Bergamo, Italy c. 1499 - 1543 Messina, Italy)
Title
Two Sibyls
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1592
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244556

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 24.4 × 16.2 cm (9 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right corner, graphite: 33 [in Randall's hand?]
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Due Sybille extra Portam S. Angeli, a Polidoro quondam depicte et lucidè et subumbrose / nunc recens ab HG[monogram]oltzia effigiate et Chalcographa arte Sculpte.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2042
  • inscription: verso, various graphite insciptions: BM/226 / 9.96

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
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 323, Hollstein 304, Bartsch 248, Filedt Kok 91, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.248

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2042
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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