Harvard Art Museums > G1659: The Adoration of the Shepherds Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Adoration of the Shepherds (Hendrick Goltzius) , G1659,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/274738. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1659 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title The Adoration of the Shepherds Other Titles Series/Book Title: The Birth and Early Life of Christ Alternate Title: Adoration of the Shepherds (in Bassano's Style) Series/Book Title: "Meisterstiche" Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1594 Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/274738 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 47.1 × 35.1 cm (18 9/16 × 13 13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, bottom: Caelie opifex, rerum dominus, Diuûm atq hominum Rex / Nascitur en vilis tuguri sub panpere tecto, // Et præsepe tenet, quem non capit arduus æther,/ Non mare, non tellus, non vasti machina mundi. / F. Estius. inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: HG[monogram]. / Ao. 1594. inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area toward left: 3. collector's mark: lower right corner, blind stamp: G [Jan Baptist de Graaf (Lugt 1120) collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Dr. / WA[linked] / Pr. [within a circular double borderline (Wilhelm August Ackermann (Lugt 791)] collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with black ink numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (lugt 4836)] 1659 inscription: verso, graphite: Bassano watermark: [illegible, in a circle] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Jan Baptiste de Graaf (1742-1804), Amsterdam (Lugt 1120). Dr. Wilhelm August Ackermann (1793-1865), Lubeck and Dresden (Lugt 791). Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/ii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 10, Bartsch 17, Filedt Kok 104.3, TOB0301.017 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1659 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History Fine Art for Harvard: The Gray Collection of Engravings, Fogg Art Museum, 09/02/1986 - 11/02/1986 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/24/2019 - 02/13/2020 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu