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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1673
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Jacopo Palma Giovane, Italian (Venice, Italy c. 1548 - 1628 Venice, Italy)
Title
Saint Jerome
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Saint Jerome Penitent
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1596
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/275085

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 41.9 × 28 cm (16 1/2 × 11 in.)
sheet: 43 × 29.1 cm (16 15/16 × 11 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, in reserve in upper right corner: Alexandro Vitorio Insigni / Stauario et Architecto / amicitiæ ergô / Jacobus Palma Inuent. HG[monogram]Sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, toward right: CIV[monogram]ischer excu.
  • inscription: in plate, on book at lower right of design area: Cum privil. Sa. C. M. / Anno. 1596.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Vir pietatis amans mollis solatia vite, / Fallaces carnis deliciásq fugit. // Et solem castro mediatur pectore Christum, Hinc sibi presidium, Jubsidiumq petens. / C. Schoneus.
  • watermark: [crowned armorial with a fleur-de-lys and a pendant W]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with black ink numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1673
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 1030

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iv
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 330, Hollstein 311, Bartsch 266, Filedt Kok 139, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.266

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1673
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Elizabeth Mansfield, [Unidentified article], Print Quarterly (March 1992), vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 65-66

Verification Level

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