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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26123
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Bacchus
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Bacchus and Mars
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1588-1590
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54206

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut in shades of pale ochre, gray-green, and black
Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
block: 23.8 × 14.1 cm (9 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: HG [monogram]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: D. V No. 8 [underlined] / D. 4. / QvA [?]/ AA/1 / B. no. 228
  • label: formerly on verso, printing ink, offset photolithograph: Christmas stamp to benefit tuberculosis charity, for the year 1968
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: F. Rechberger 1800 [Franz Rechberger (Lugt 2133)]
  • inscription: cut into light tone block, right edge: HG [monogram]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M26123

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
iia/iic
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 301, Hollstein 364, Bartsch 228, Bialler 33

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John B. Davidson, in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn in gratitude for her exceptional service to Harvard University Art Museums
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26123
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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