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Adoration of the Shepherds,
1594
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-666
Information
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds
Dates
1594
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 46.5 x 35.6 cm. (18 5/16 x 14 in.)
sheet: 48.8 x 36.5 cm. (19 3/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-666
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Initialed and dated in plate on rock, lower left corner: HG / Ao 1594
Numbered in plate, lower center: 3.
Four lines of Latin in two columns by Franco Estius in plate below image, center: Coeli opifex, rerum ... vasti machina mundi.
Signed in plate below image, lower right: F. Estius
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector stamp in purple ink verso, lower left: unidentified (Lugt 1625)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 15.17; Hirschmann 11; Hollstein 11; New Hollstein 10; Strauss 319
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Unidentified collector [Lugt 1625]. 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 - 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
