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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26576
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Landscape with a Farmhouse
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Four Small Landscapes
Alternate Title: Earth, or The Age of Silver
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c.1597-1600
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/55029

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chiaroscuro woodcut: three blocks printed in black, dark green, and light green on white antique laid paper darkened to cream
Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
blocks: 11.7 × 14.7 cm (4 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in black block, foreground, to left of center: HG[monogram]
  • collector's mark: E[backward]S. [within a rectangular borderline; Eduard Schultze (Lugt 906)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: E. Fabricius [E. Fabricius (Lugt 919ter)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: EF [surrounded by] KUPFERSTICH-SAMMLUNG * [within a circular borderline; E. Fabricius (Lugt 847a)]
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: AB [within a shiled with flowers; Albert W. Blum (Lugt 79b)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering above and below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M26606[struck through] M26576
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 355 / B. 244 - H. 380. / Goltzius. Une ferme. Collection E. Fabricius / 21995

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ed. Schultze, Vienna (906).
E. Fabricius, Berlin (847a, 919ter).
A. L. Blum, Switzerland and Short Hills, NJ (79b (var.)).
Samuel Josefowitz, Lucerne.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 309, Hollstein 380, Bartsch 244, Bialler 51

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Light-Outerbridge Collection, Gift of Robert M. Light and Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26576
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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