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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2014
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Ruth and Boaz in the Threshing Shed
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Story of Ruth
Alternate Title: Ruth Lying at the Feet of Boaz
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1577-1580
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244615

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 21.4 × 27.4 cm (8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower left corner, graphite: JWR[very faint]: H Goltzius
  • watermark: IB within an crowned shield
  • inscription: in plate, on base of door frame: HG [monogram] / 1580.
  • inscription: in plate, to right and left in lower margin: Gnata (Boos inquit) felix etsancta vocaris / Quod non es fuuenes Ruta secuta procos. // Gesegnet mein Tochter (Boos sprach) dem herren Gott der, du nit gach / Gefolgt bist den Jungen geseln, viellicher den Herrn hast kennen wöln. / 3
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2014

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 5, Hollstein 5, Bartsch 6, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2014
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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