M26076: Saint Luke

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26076

People

Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch (Antwerp, Netherlands 1565 - 1629 The Hague, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Saint Luke

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Four Evangelists

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1588

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/59051

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, stained and darkened to cream

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate (circular): 17 × 17 cm (6 11/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 17.8 × 17.5 cm (7 × 6 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: IDGeyn scup
• watermark: Helmet with closed visor
• inscription: in plate, around the margin beyond the design area: Instar, firma, bouis, Fidei vestigia figo, Et per me Christum terra fretumq legit. HG[monogram]oltzius excud.
• inscription: in plate, just above lower edge of design area: IDG[monogram]eÿn Sculp. 4
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt936)] M26076
• inscription: verso, graphite: Pass. 131

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein (Goltzius) 458, Hollstein 351, Filedt Kok 49.3, New Hollstein 66

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

M26076

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

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

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