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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1671
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Frederik de Vries
Other Titles
Former Title: Frederik de Vries and His Dog
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1597
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/275084

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 35.5 × 26.8 cm (14 × 10 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, in ground area to left: Cum privil. Sa. Cæ. M. / Anno. 1597. / HG[monogram]
  • inscription: in plate, in cartouche at lower center of design area: Theodorico Frisio Pictori egregio / aput Venetos amicitiæ et filij absentis / repræsentadi gratia D. D.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Quid tabula hoc capiat, fors non capis: en tibi paucis / Mentom. Simplieitas querit amatiq fidem. // Fida canis, simplexq puer, quos Goltzius aptò / Vivero Phidiaed fecit in ere manu. / P. Seriverius.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 454
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1671

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/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 256, Hollstein 218, B.artsch 190, Filedt Kok 144, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.190

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1671
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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