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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26119
People
Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Venus Presiding Over the Arts of Love
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Seven Planetary Gods and Their Children
Alternate Title: Venus Presiding Over the Realm of Love
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1596
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/58829

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink with added heightening in red to the flesh areas, now discolored and partially effaced, on white antique laid paper, darkened to tan
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 25.5 × 17.7 cm (10 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 28.4 × 20.5 cm (11 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: 5.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin: Accendo invenum curas ego mater amoris, / Adiuvat et natus vibrans sua tela Cupido.
  • watermark: [illegible]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: H. 54/I (v. II) / H 362 / B 77 / EL. B4. 6. 382
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: NJL [monogram; Norman Jack Leitman (Lugt 4545)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite humbering below: [Fogg Musem accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M26119

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 661, Hollstein 54, Filedt Kok 142.5

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
M26119
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under Lugt 4545

Verification Level

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