M9850: Cliff on a Seashore

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M9850

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Cliff on a Seashore

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Four Small Landscapes
Alternate Title: Water, or The Age of Iron

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1597-c. 1600

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/256918

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in black, greenish tan, and darker green inks on white antique laid paper

Technique

Chiaroscuro woodcut

Dimensions

block: 11.4 × 14.4 cm (4 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in black block, on stone in foreground: HG [monogram]
• inscription: verso, brown ink: 76
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B.III. p 75. / Golts[?] no. 245. / _ / I[underlined] 1 s[in a circle]S / NO [see collector' marks]
• collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering to left: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 836)] 9850
• collector's mark: verso, graphite: s[within a circular borderline] S [Horace M. Swope (Lugt 2368a); see inscriptions for additional letters, which Lugt suggests are price indications]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 310, Hollstein 381, Bartsch 245, Bialler 52 II

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

M9850

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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