R2018: The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R2018

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Birth and Early Life of Christ
Alternate Title: Holy Family with John the Baptist (in Baroccio's Style)
Series/Book Title: "Meisterstiche"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1593

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/244662

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in balck ink on white antique laid paper, damaged, darkened to brown, and laid down

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 47.8 × 35 cm (18 13/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: HG 1593
• inscription: verso, u.r., black ink: B.B.
• collector's mark: verso, l.l., black stamp: Ackerman
• blind stamp: in plate, l.r. corner: G
• collector's mark: verso of secondary support, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2018
• inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: HG [monogram] / 1593. / 6
• inscription: in plate, bottom margin, left and right: PRÆCVRSOR DOMINI LACTANTIS AB VBERE MATRIS / BLANDITVR PVERO PVER, ET COLLVDIT AMICE, // QVEM PRÆCOGNOVIT SALIENS VTERO ABDITVS, HVNC [E]T / INDICE MONSTRAVIT DIGITO CRESCENTIBVS ANNIS.
• inscription: transcribed from the original mount, in Randall's hand: Henry Goltzius inv. et fecit. 1593. The Holy Family / in imitation of Baroccio. One of the & masterpieces / so-called.

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

iii/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 14, Bartsch 20, Filedt Kok 104.6, TIB0301.020

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R2018

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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