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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2026
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Marcus Curtius on Horseback
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Roman Heroes
Series/Book Title: Illustrious Romans
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1586
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244666

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 37 × 23.8 cm (14 9/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, above lower image borderline, to left: HG[monogram]. fecit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of image area: 4.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Curtius is vastum sese telluris hiatum / Conijcit, vt patria cedat acerba lues. // I'nunc et spernas patriæ cœlestis amore / Dura pati, et putris sydera vincat humus. / F. Estius.
  • watermark: World Orb [?]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2026

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/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 167, Hollstein 165, Bartsch 99, Filedt Kok 26.5, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.99

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2026
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjolein Leesberg, The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts: Hendrick Goltzius, ed. Huigen Leeflang, Sound & Vision Publishers and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 2012), vol. 25, part 1, p. 276

Verification Level

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