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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R6979
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 in a Duel
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The History of Giovanni de' Medici
Alternate Title: Combat Between Giovanni de'Medici and Another Horseman
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1578
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244723

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to tan and stained
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.7 × 29.2 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: Joh. Stradanus inuit. P. Galle excudit.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: 5 Ioh. Med. hostem fortiss. ad singulare certamen prouocantem hasta per soricam pectore / Tranfixo exequo examimem resiquit
  • inscription: lower margin, right corner, brown ink: VI
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Ack / cAgs[underlined] / 286
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: 190 [?]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with black ink numbering within: [Randall Collection accession samp (Lugt 2130)] 6979

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/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 349, Hollstein 330, Bartsch 286, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.286

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R6979
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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