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A Captain of the Infantry,
1587
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-616
Information
Title
A Captain of the Infantry
Dates
1587
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 28.4 x 19.5 cm. (11 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 33.4 x 24.4 cm (13 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-616
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Dated and signed in plate, lower center: Ao 1587 HGoltzius fecit.
Two lines in Latin inscribed in margin below plate, lower center: Præuius infractos reddo Dux Martis alumnos, / Spernere dum docco cuncta pericla meo
Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed in graphite below plate, lower right: Original 126
Inscribed in brown ink below plate, lower right: 110
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 126; Hollstein 254; New Hollstein 287
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
- 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
