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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26082
People
Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Minerva
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Three Goddesses
Alternate Title: Athena
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1596
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/59247

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed on white antique laid paper, darkened to gray
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 33.9 x 25.1 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: HG [monogram]
  • inscription: in plate, cloud at lower left on primary image: Cum privil. Sa, Cæ. NL. . Anno 1596.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, center, on a scrolling cartouche: j Baruitio J V. D. Sa. Cae M.tis / Consiliario Ausico, et Secretario Dno suo obseruandissimo / H. Goltzius officij & gratitudinis ergò / D. D.
  • inscription: in plate, in lower margin to left and right of central cartouche: Quecunq in terris florent sunt Palladis artes, / A me dexteritas, ingenijq vigor. // Nec mirum, ex cerebro cum sim prognata, Iovisq / Optima pars, summo filia chara Deo. / C. Schoneus.
  • 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)] M26082
  • watermark: illegible crowned armorial

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 141, Hollstein 139, Filedt Kok 140.1

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
M26082
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

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