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Johannes Zurenus


Jan van Zuren
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
After: Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498–1574)
dated 1588, but perhaps executed in 1590

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 16.4 x 10.8 cm (6 7/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 16.9 x 11.2 cm (6 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7263
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 189, iii; Hollstein 220, iii
Signed Signed in plate, lower left: HG. fecit.
Marks Verso, in black ink: W. S. [W. Sharp; Lugt 2650]; n - 22.Mar 27 84; in graphite: 922; collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7263 [Lugt 1870]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, above sitter: IOHANNES ZVRENVS. A°. ÆTAT. 71. Domini, 88.
In plate, below sitter: Corporis effigiem expressit quam Goltzius ære, / Heemskerkus docta pinxit et ante manu. / Tunc inerat formæ florenti gratia maior: / Plurima nunc faciem ruga senilis arat.
ProvenanceWilliam Sharp (b. 1749 - d. 1824), Manchester. Henry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.