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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26095
People
Jacob Matham, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1571 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Venus, Bacchus, and Ceres
Series/Book Title: Mythological and Allegorical Subjects
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1588
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/59260

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 29.8 × 20.9 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 32.1 × 23.1 cm (12 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: small Fleur-de-lys within a cartouche
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, centered: HG[monogram]. Inuent.
  • inscription: in plae, lower left corner of design area: 3.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Alma Ceres, Venus alma, simul pater almus Hiacchus, / Numine cuncta fouent emitriunq suo. // His sine nil constat, nil nascitur, omna pessum, / Si sterilis Bacchus, si Venus, atq Ceres.
  • 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)] M26095
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Matham H239 / 2|6

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 643, Hollstein 239, Filedt Kok 50.3

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
M26095
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

Exhibition History

  • Around Antique: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs (Teaching Gallery) S421, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/14/2010 - 09/04/2010

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