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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R1990
People
After Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Published by Petrus Firens, Dutch (1597 - c. 1639)
Title
Charity
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Three Cardinal Virtues
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/249917

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 29.4 × 20.1 cm (11 9/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: transcribed from original mount, in Randall's hand: 4.50 Charity 2nd. state. Very fine. 4.00
  • inscription: inplate, lower edge of design area, to left and right: HG[monogram]oltzius Inuent. / firens ex.
  • inscription: in plate, in lower margin to left and right: In toto nihil est quiquam me gratius orbe / Que stabili necto dulcissima pectora amore.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: YB / HZ [struck through] / OS / 1985 [85 underlined]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 1990

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/iii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 514 copy b, Bartsch (Matham) 83, Hollstein (Goltzius) 43

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R1990
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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