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The Lieutenant-Colonel,
1587
Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch, 1565–1629
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-618
Information
Title
The Lieutenant-Colonel
Dates
1587
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to plate: 21.2 x 15.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-618
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Signatures
Address and signature at bottom left: HG. excud. .I. de gheijn.sculp.
Inscription
Signed and dated in plate, lower left: HG. excud. I. de gheÿn. Sculp.
Numbered in margin, lower left: 2.
Two lines of Latin in margin below plate, lower center: Munus ego absentis Ducis expleo, et alter ab illo / Jure Locum teneo, iure capesso vicem.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed in graphite in margin, lower right: 134.
Collector's stamp in black ink, verso center: Fürstlich Waldburg Wolfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 2542)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 2; Hollstein 354; New Hollstein 177 (De Gheyn), 736 (Goltzius)
Type
Materials
Techniques
Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg [Lugt 2542]; sale of the collection, Stuttgart, May 20, 1901, lot 687; Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932]; 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 -
J. P. Filedt Kok, Marjolein Leesberg, Ger Luijten, eds., "The De Gheyn Family" New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2000).
, no. 184 - 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).
