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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G7305
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Pietà
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1596
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/275139

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 18.8 × 12.9 cm (7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
sheet: 22.5 × 16.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, on stone tablet in foreground: HG [monogram}
  • inscription: in plate, to right of Christ's lower legs: Ao. 96
  • collector's mark: verso, black ink: J. F. Z. [written twice; not in Lugt]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: J. PEOLI. [within a palette-shaped borderline; Juan Jorge Peoli (Lugt 2020)]
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: CCC [monogram, surmounted by a coronet, all within a circular borderline [Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn (Lugt 514)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 7305
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 41.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn, The Hague and Brussels (Lugt 514). Juan Jorge Peoli, New York (Lugt 2020). J.F.Z.[?] (not in Lugt)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 31, Hollstein 50, Bartsch 41, Filedt Kok 138, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.041

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G7305
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/24/2019 - 02/13/2020
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

Verification Level

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