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Author: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Illustrated by: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Cut by: Joos Gietleughen (Netherlandish, 16th century)
Printer: Gillis van Diest (Netherlandish, 16th century)
Illustrated by: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Cut by: Joos Gietleughen (Netherlandish, 16th century)
Printer: Gillis van Diest (Netherlandish, 16th century)
1557
Place of Publication: Antwerp, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with chiaroscuro etched and woodcut title page, 132 chiaroscuro etchings with woodcut, 16 blank etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 32.6 x 25.7 x 3.8 cm (12 13/16 x 10 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR316
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Antwerp: Gillis van Diest, 1557
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, VII, p. 201, nos. 1-134; VIII, p. 139, no. 1; Bialler, Chiaroscuro, 2
Description(Antwerp: Gillis van Diest, 1557) Folio; 174 leaves; modern half vellum, marbled paper boards, gilt-stamped red leather label.
Ornamental title border with author portrait; three-color illustrations of antique medallion portraits of emperors.
First German edition, issued the same year as the first Latin (the MFA owns two copies: 22.1065, 64.395) and Italian. Bialler calls the Latin the true first edition, with the German being her edition III. Originally supposed to contain 148 medallion portraits of 155 emperors and empresses, but only 131 completed by this time. The illustrations were based on antique and modern portrait medals. It is thought that Goltzius etched the outline plates (printed in black) himself, while van Mander attributes the cutting of the blocks to Joos Gietleughen. The "two-tone" woodblocks were printed in ochre and brown and olive and green, varying through the edition. See Bialler for more information.
The MFA owns two copies of the Latin edition (as above), and three of the 1645 ed.
Ornamental title border with author portrait; three-color illustrations of antique medallion portraits of emperors.
First German edition, issued the same year as the first Latin (the MFA owns two copies: 22.1065, 64.395) and Italian. Bialler calls the Latin the true first edition, with the German being her edition III. Originally supposed to contain 148 medallion portraits of 155 emperors and empresses, but only 131 completed by this time. The illustrations were based on antique and modern portrait medals. It is thought that Goltzius etched the outline plates (printed in black) himself, while van Mander attributes the cutting of the blocks to Joos Gietleughen. The "two-tone" woodblocks were printed in ochre and brown and olive and green, varying through the edition. See Bialler for more information.
The MFA owns two copies of the Latin edition (as above), and three of the 1645 ed.
ProvenanceSchoenhof & Moeller Foreign Books, Boston; by 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 1580), Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: October 20, 1898)
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.
NOTE:
Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited the majority of his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.