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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2005
People
Jacob Matham, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1571 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Saint Cecilia Playing the Organ
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1590
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/248119

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 17.6 × 14.5 cm (6 15/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in Randall's hand?: St Cecilia of Goltzius
  • inscription: in plate, on organ: HG[monogram]oltzius Inuent.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Cecilia ardenti dum celi flagrat amore, / Organa sacra quatit modulans preconia Christi; // Christum voce canens, hunc querens petore toto / Gaudia stellantis secum meditatur Olympi. / F.E
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 146 / yox[ox underlined] / 24407 / dup[illeg.]
  • inscription: verso, various brown ink inscriptions: 125 / 20
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2005

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 (Goltzius) 465, Hollstein 151, Bartsch 261, Filedt Kok 82

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2005
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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