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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G1667
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Apollo Belvedere
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Three Famous Antique Sculptures
Series/Book Title: Antique Statues of Rome, plate 3
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1592
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/275149

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 41.4 × 29.8 cm (16 5/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 42.1 × 30.5 cm (16 9/16 × 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center on circular base of sculpture: HG[monogram] Sculp. APOLLO PYTHIVS. Cum privil. Sa. Ca. M.
  • inscription: lower right, in plate, on plinth: Herman Adolfz. excud. Harlemens.
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner: 3
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Vix natus armis Deluis Vulcanÿs / Donatiis infans, sacra Parnassi iuga // Statua antiqua Romæ in palatio Pontificis belle vider / opus posthumum HG[monogram]oltzij iam primum divulgat. Ano. M.D.C.XVII. // Petij, draconem matris, hostem Spiculis / Phythona fixi: nomen inde Pythij[corrected from ÿ] // Schrevel
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: [erased text] / Rost.[underlined] - no. 15. / Langenhöfel.[underlined] - der Kopf.[underlined]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscritions: gt. / -o.
  • watermark: [illegible armorial with a pendant WR]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1667

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 380, Hollstein 147, Bartsch 145, Filedt Kok P.5.3, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.145

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G1667
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alan Chong and Lorenzo Principi, ed., The Sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and His Circle: Myth and Faith in Renaissance Florence, exh. cat., Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NY, 2018), cat. no. 20, repr.

Exhibition History

  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2010 - 11/06/2010
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 11 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 10/07/2011 - 11/05/2011
  • The Sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and His Circle: Myth and Faith in Renaissance Florence, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 10/13/2018 - 01/21/2019

Verification Level

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