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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M23228
People
Jacob Matham, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1571 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Temperance
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Virtues
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1587
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252893

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.4 × 14.2 cm (8 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
sheet: 22.1 × 15.3 cm (8 11/16 × 6 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: armorial
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, toward left: 7
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Temperies verum, Bacchiq, cibiq, / Arx vitæ, et columen mentis, ego vna vocor.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 199/240
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M23228

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 483, Bartsch 270, Hollstein 276

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lesley Hill and Alan Stone
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
M23228
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/02/2023 - 06/21/2023

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