The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist
The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist

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The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist,

1593

Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-669

Information

Title
The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist
Dates

1593

Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 45.9 x 35 cm (18 1/16 x 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 35.3 cm (14 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-669
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription
Initialed and dated in plate in grass, lower left corner: HG / 1593. Numbered in plate, lower left corner: 6 Four lines of Latin in two columns attributed to Cornelius Schonaeus in plate below image, center: PRÆCVRSOR DOMINI LACTANTIS ... DIGITO CRESCENTIBVS ANNIS.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector stamp in purple ink verso, lower left: unidentified (Lugt 1625)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 16.20; Hirschmann 14; Hollstein 14; New Hollstein 13; Strauss 317
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
bible stories, infants, figures (representations), religious art, men, women, Christ, families, Mary, John the Baptist

Unidentified collector [Lugt 1625]. Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.

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