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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R6978
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)
Title
Giovanni de' Medici Defeated
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The History of Giovanni de' Medici
Alternate Title: Defeat of Troops Stationed to Surprise Giovanni de' Medici during the Battle of Parma
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1578
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244557

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.9 × 29.4 cm (8 5/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin to left, center, and right: 2 // Johannes Medicies Parmensi bello cum nocturno tempore Vicum oppidum adoreri vellet magnum hostium / numerum se ex insidijs circumfluentem, reprimit, fugat, prosternit. // Johannes Stradanus inuent. / Phillippus Galle excude.
  • inscription: lower right corner, brown ink: VI
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Act / eAgs [underlined] / 285? / 1029
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with black ink numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 6978

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 348, Hollstein 329, Bartsch 285, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.285

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R6978
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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