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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1954
People
Jacob Matham, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1571 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Faith, Hope and Charity
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1590
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/248460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 36.9 × 27.2 cm (14 1/2 × 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, in Randall's hand: Nagler 124
  • inscription: in Randall's hand, transcribed from original mount: Faith, Hope, & Charity. Goltzius inv. Plate 2. / J. Matham B 1571 Haerlem pup Goltzius. / See Nagler no. 124
  • inscription: in plate, lower center of design area: HG[monogram]. Inuent. Ao 1590. IM[monogram]atham sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left, center, and to right: Promissis nil diffisus celetibus Abras, / Credidit, et firme meruiut stipendia mentis. // Que vis, que virtus, sit quanta potentia Amoris, / Edocuit qui factus homo descendit Olympo. // Ventre cauo Ceti non desperauit Iönas, / Astraq mente adyt imis demersus in vndis. / F.E. / Cornelis Dankertz. excudit.
  • inscription: verso of secondary support, various graphite inscriptions: o [underlined] / 15 / II N[illeg.] 124. Matham
  • collector's mark: verso of secondary support, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 1954

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

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 515, Hollstein 255, Bartsch 124, Filedt Kok 74

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1954
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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