M21292: The Venetian Wedding
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M21292
- People
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Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Dirck Barendsz., Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1534 - 1592 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Title
- The Venetian Wedding
- Other Titles
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Alternate Title: The Venetian Ball
Alternate Title: Henry III of France on his visit to Venice in 1574 is offered his choice of a courtesan - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1584
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/256717
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Engraving printed from two plates in black ink on two sheets of white antique laid paper, soiled and darkened
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet: 42.8 × 73.8 cm (16 7/8 × 29 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, at lower edge of foreground, at right: Henricus Goltzius sculptor Ao. 1584.
- inscription: in plate, lower margin, four distichs, reading from left to right: Hic Antenorei Connubia magna Senatus, / Patriciósq vides cœtus, Venetósq Hymeneos: // Et celebres thalami ritus tedásq iugales / Solennésq vrbis pompas, clarósq triumphos: // Tum matronarum cultus, habitúsq superbos, / Squalentésq auro vestes, gemmisq nitentes: / Que non visa prius, multisq inconita terris, / Nunc euulgantur totum spectanda per orbem.
- inscription: verso, brown ink, incomplete, effaced, and illgegible, at lower left edge of sheet: I[?]....o. H|
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Charles Eliot Norton.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/iii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 311, Hollstein 292, Bartsch 247, Filedt Kok 10, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.247
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Susan Norton
- Accession Year
- 1990
- Object Number
- M21292
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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