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Mucius Scaevola,
1586
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-1296
Information
Title
Mucius Scaevola
Dates
1586
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 37.3 x 23.8 cm. (14 11/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
sheet: 38.4 x 24.9 cm (15 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-1296
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Numbered, lower left corner: 3
Signed in plate, lower left: HG. fecit
Two Latin distichs in lower margin: Tu, Porsenna tuo mucrone petitus, adusta.... In fragili torpet corpore sensus hebes.
Signed, lower right corner: Estius
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 98; Hollstein 164; New Hollstein 166
Type
Materials
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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
- 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
