M26087: Water

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26087

People

Workshop of Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Water

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Four Elements
Original Language Title: Aqua

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1586

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/59060

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 21.6 × 16 cm (8 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)
sheet: 22 × 16.8 cm (8 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: NJL [monogram; Norman Jack Leitman (Lugt 4545)]
• inscription: in plate, upper edge of image area toward left: Aqua
• inscription: in plate, lower margin: Vndosus, latiq maris circumfluus humor Vltima possedit, solidumq coercuit orbem.
• inscription: upper right corner, brown ink, cut off: [three digits, illegible]
• inscription: verso, graphite: B.21 / ( III, 121.)
• inscription: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M26087

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 651, Hollstein 496, Filedt Kok 27

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

M26087

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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