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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26116
People
Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Jupiter Presiding Over the Liberal Arts
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Seven Planetary Gods and Their Children
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1596
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/58826

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, laid down
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 25.4 x 17.8 cm (10 x 7 in.)
frame: 49.8 x 39.7 cm (19 5/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: 2
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Artibus exorno varÿs ego Jupiter orbem, / Omnis et e nostro manat sapientia fonte.
  • collector's mark: on secondary support, blue stamp: NJL [monogram; Norman Jack Leitman (Lugt 4545)]
  • inscription: on secondary support, various graphite inscriptions: M26116 / par Saenredam d'après Goltzius / D. 35. Jupiter présidant aux sciences

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 658, Hollstein 51, Filedt Kok 142.2

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Norman Leitman in honor of Robert M. Light
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26116
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Susan Dackerman, ed., Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2011), cat. 95 p.380-381, repr.
  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under Lugt 4545

Exhibition History

  • Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/06/2011 - 12/10/2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, 01/17/2012 - 04/08/2012

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