R2041: Pluto

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R2041

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian (Caravaggio, near Bergamo, Italy c. 1499 - 1543 Messina, Italy)

Title

Pluto

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Eight Antique Gods

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1592

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/244669

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laId paper, darkened to tan, soiled and damaged

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 35.3 × 21.4 cm (13 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, graphite: Caravaggio [in Randall's hand]
• inscription: in plate, upper edge, centered: P L V T O
• inscription: lower corners, left and right: Polidorus Inue. // 3 / HG[monogram]. Sculptor
• inscription: verso, black chalk: Gig[?]t
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Cl / 5442[checkmark] / xv[?] / IHA[?]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2041

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

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 317, Hollstein 298, Bartsch 251, Filedt Kok 92.3, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.251

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Object Number

R2041

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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