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Hans Bol (b. 1534 - d. 1593)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1593
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 26.1 x 18.1 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 25.6 cm (11 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 25.6 cm (11 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7249
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 161; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 177 (I); Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part II) 209 (I/II)
State
I/II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: HG
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7249 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: 8/1[?]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in border surrounding portrait: IOANNES BOLLIVS MECHLINIENSI...PICTOR.ÆT. LVIII.A°.CIC[in reverse].IC[in reverse].XCIII.; in cartouche below: Caelatam Vitrici effigiem Francise tuere,/Virtutem spectate magis, vitamq probatam,/Pictricem admirare manium, qua florida Tempe,/Et nemus Alcinoi penicillo aequauit amenum/edicat hanc grato tibi pectore Goltzius, at tu/Pignus amicitie laetu cupe mente, manuqz.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)