G1664: Mars and Venus Surprised
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- G1664
- People
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Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
- Title
- Mars and Venus Surprised
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1585
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/274705
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- plate: 42.1 × 30.6 cm (16 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: HG[monogram]oltzius Inuenit / Sculpsit et diuul.. / gauit. / Ao 1585.
- inscription: lower left corner of design area, brown ink: C.B.S.
- inscription: in plate, bottom margin to left and right: Vt Phœbus nitido lasciuum lumine Martem, / Et Paphiæ prodit turpiæ furta Deæ: // Sic fucata Deus sceleratæ crimina vitæ / Cernit, et occultum non sinit esse nefas.
- watermark: Grapes
- collector's mark: verso, purple samp with graphite numbering within, the last digit struck through in black ink: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1664
- inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 139. / 12 [overwritten with] 20 / 121 / B [139?]
- inscription: verso, red chalk: 216.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/iii
- Standard Reference Number
- New Hollstein 150, Bartsch 139, Filedt Kok 20, TIB0301.139
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
- Object Number
- G1664
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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