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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9844
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Oceanus
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Neptune
Series/Book Title: Demogorgon and the Deities
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1598-1600
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256826

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black, pale orange, and green inks on white antique laid paper
Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
block (oval): 34.7 × 26.5 cm (13 11/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in line block, lower edge, centered: HG[monogram].F
  • collector's mark: verso, graphite: s[in a circle]S / WX [Horace M. Swope (Lugt 2368a)]
  • collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 9844
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: O.E 1666 [in an oval borderline] / a68756 [underlined] / 2 [on a residue of a secondary support]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ib/id
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 295, Hollstein 367, Bartsch 232, Bialer 27b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
M9844
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Calming the Tempest with Peter Paul Rubens, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/22/2001 - 03/17/2002
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights

Verification Level

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