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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1664
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Mars and Venus Surprised
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
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
  • 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
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
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