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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M6486
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Nicolaus Petri van Deventer
Other Titles
Former Title: Nicolas van Deventer
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1595
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256743

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 9.3 × 8.1 cm (3 11/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
sheet: 14.4 × 10.6 cm (5 11/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
former frame: 49.8 × 39.7 cm (19 5/8 × 15 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner: HG[monogram]
  • inscription: in plate, above upper design borderline, to left and right of the figure's head: L'homme propose, / Et dieu dispose. Ao 1595.
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Oct[?]/[illeg.] / c8470 / B 8 / c1376 [struck through] / os- / [illeg.] / Daventer
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 6486

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 240, Hollstein 206, Bartsch 205, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.205

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John S. Newberry
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
M6486
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Susan Dackerman, ed., Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2011), cat. 5 p. 52-53, repr

Exhibition History

  • Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/06/2011 - 12/10/2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, 01/17/2012 - 04/08/2012

Verification Level

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