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Four Small Landscapes
Landscape with Seated Couple
Four Small Landscapes
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
designed 1597–1600, printed 1605–17
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks in yellow-green, green, and black
Dimensions
11.4 x 14.7 cm (4 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.); Legacy dimension: 11.4 x 14.7 cm
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.617
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 243; Hollstein 379 ii; Strauss 409 ii; New Hollstein 308, ii
DescriptionLine blocks deteriorated
Marks
Verso, stamped with the collector's mark of Dr. Julius Hofmann (Lugt 1264)
ProvenanceDr. Julius Hofmann (b. 1840 - d. 1913; Lugt 1264), Vienna and Karlovy Vary; by descent to his son, Robert Hofmann, Vienna; May 8 - 12, 1922, posthumous Hofmann sale (consigned by Robert Hofmann), C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, lot 582 [see note]. William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955; Lugt 3593), Boston; 1955, bequest of Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)
NOTE: Lot 582 consisted of all four small woodcut landscapes by Goltzius, in green and brown impressions.
NOTE: Lot 582 consisted of all four small woodcut landscapes by Goltzius, in green and brown impressions.