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Companions of Cadmus Devoured by Dragon,
1588
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
after Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1562–1638; born and died Haarlem, Netherlands
after Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1562–1638; born and died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1986-111
Information
Title
Companions of Cadmus Devoured by Dragon
Dates
1588
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed inside plate): 25 × 31.7 cm (9 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds given by David G. Carter, Class of 1945
Object Number
x1986-111
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Four lines of Latin and date inscribed in plate, lower left corner: Hasce artis primitias CC Pictor inuent. / simulas HGoltz. sculpt …admiratori amictia ergo D D. Ao 1588.
Printed below plate, from left to right: Dirus Agenorida laniat social agmina serpens, Vltor adest Cadmus paenasque reposcit ab hoste.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector's stamp, verso lower left and center: Max Egon Fürst zu Fürstenberg (Lugt 995)
Watermark: possibly an escutcheon with fleur-de-lys on it
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 79.262; Hollstein 310. New Hollstein 329; Strauss 261
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
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F.W.H. Hollstein, "Goltzius-Heemskerck," Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1953).
, no. 17 - Otto Hirschmann and E. W. Moes, Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks (Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1976)., no. 17
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1986," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 46, no. 1 (1987): p. 18–52, p. 39
- Marjolein Leesberg, "Hendrick Goltzius," New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2012).
- Walter L. Strauss, ed., Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: the complete engravings and woodcuts (New York: Abaris Books, 1977-)., no. 206
