Harvard Art Museums > M21292: The Venetian Wedding Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Venetian Wedding (Hendrick Goltzius)(After Dirck Barendsz.) , M21292,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/256717. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M21292 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) After Dirck Barendsz., Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1534 - 1592 Amsterdam, Netherlands) Title The Venetian Wedding Other Titles 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 print 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 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 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 The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
