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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1960
People
Previously attributed to Jacob Matham, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1571 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Hope
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Seven Virtues
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/248412

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 17.5 × 12.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in Randall's hand, transcribed from original mount: Hope Goltzius. See Bartsch III p.163, under Jacob Matham. The lettering corresponds but not the size.
  • watermark: illegible armorial
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Luf=gt 2130)] 1960
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Mærentes retreo vite ne tedeat egre, / Adverse prebens solatia dulcia sortes.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right of design area: 2

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
Hollstein 257, Bartsch 118

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1960
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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