Harvard Art Museums > G1660: The Circumcision 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 Circumcision (Hendrick Goltzius) , G1660,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/274739. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1660 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title The Circumcision Other Titles Series/Book Title: The Birth and Early Life of Christ Alternate Title: Circumcision (in Dürer'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/274739 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 48.4 × 36.2 cm (19 1/16 × 14 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, bottom margin, to left and right: Cernis vt octaua sit circuncisus Jesus / Luce puer, tenero accipiens in corpore vulnus, // Ad normam veteris legis, ritumq receptum, / I sacidis multus obseruatumq per annos. / C. Schoneus. inscription: in plate, foregroud of design area, on tablet: 1594 / HG[monogram inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: 4 collector's mark: lower right corner: G 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)] 1660 inscription: verso, black crayon: Durer 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 ii/vi Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 11, Bartsch 18, Filedt Kok 104.4, TIB0301.18 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1660 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 Precision and Prestige: The Arts of Engraving, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/11/2001 - 12/02/2001 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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
