M26083: Venus and Cupid

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26083

People

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

Title

Venus and Cupid

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Three Goddesses

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1596

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/59233

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 34.1 × 25.3 cm (13 7/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.2 × 26.2 cm (13 7/8 × 10 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: HG [monogram]
• inscription: in plate, lower right corner of spandrel: 2
• inscription: in plate, lower margin to left and right: Immenso nostrum spectatur numen in orbe, / Et magnam passim vim meus ignis habet. // Non Dij, non homines ulli mea spicula vitant, / His vosucres figo, squamigerumq genus
• inscription: verso, brown ink and graphite: AS [? written with flourishes] 2115 [graphite; seems to be associated with the ink initials]
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: NJL [monogram; Norman Jack Leitman (Lugt 4545)]
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M26083
• watermark: illegible

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 142, Hollstein140, Filedt Kok.140.2

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

M26083

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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