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Allegory of Transience,
1594
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
1996-71
Information
Title
Allegory of Transience
Dates
1594
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.3 x 15.5 cm. (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
sheet: 22.4 x 16.5 cm. (8 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1996-71
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Caption, lower center: QVIS EVADET?
Signed and dated in plate, lower right: HG. 1594
Four lines of Latin in margin: Flos nouus, et .... vaniq[ue] elapsa vaporis. F. Estius.
Marks/Labels/Seals
In brown ink, lower right: 1[9?]40 In graphite, verso lower left: C DfW.W / 3300
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 10; Hollstein 110; New Hollstein 128
Type
Materials
Techniques
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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 1996," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 56, no. 1/2 (1997): p. 75-115., p. 90
- 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
