Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource: https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/20494121/info.json
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
R836NA
People
Jan Harmensz. Muller, Dutch (Amsterdam 1571 - 1628 Amsterdam)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Third Day: The Separation of Land and Sea
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Creation of the World: Day Three
Series/Book Title: The Creation of the World
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1589
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/248030

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet (circular): 26.6 × 26.6 cm (10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in Randall's hand?: R Thomas 1820
  • collector's mark: verso, brown ink: P. mariette 1684 [Pierre Mariette II (Lugt 1789)]
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge to left of center: HG[monogram]. excud.
  • inscription: lower edge, center: 4 [somewhat soiled as if an attempt had been made to efface it]
  • inscription: in plate, upper area, centered: Dies. III.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
R Thomas, 1820, 1820. Written on verso, in hand of John Witt Randall, possibly indicating how he acquired object

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 384, Hollstein 4, Filedt Kok 61.4, New Hollstein 38

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R836NA
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • Sarah Vure, The John Witt Randall Collection: Seeking the True and the Beautiful, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), p. 6, fig. 5; checklist no. 22

Exhibition History

  • Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu