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Christopher Plantin,
1589
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-637 a
Information
Title
Christopher Plantin
Dates
1589
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 20 × 13.2 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-637 a
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Two lines in Latin inscribed in plate, upper center: CHRISTOPHORUS PLANTINUS Architypographus Regius, / vixit annos LXXV. obijtque Antuerpiae CIC.IC.LXXXIX.
Inscribed around Plantin's device on table, lower left: LABORE ET CONSTAN TIA.
Signed in plate, lower right corner: HGoltzius fecit
Eight lines in Latin in margin below plate, lower center: Plantinum tibi, ... Saecula docta tuo. / I. BOCHIVS.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: 62
In graphite, verso lower right: Junius S. Morgan (Lugt 1536)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 181; Hollstein 207; New Hollstein 241
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932, Lugt 1536]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.
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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
