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Pygmalion and Galatea,
1593
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-687
Information
Title
Pygmalion and Galatea
Dates
1593
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 32.6 × 21.5 cm (12 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-687
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Signed and dated in plate, bottom right: Anno. 1593 / HGoltzius. Inue[n]t. et sculp.
Two Latin distichs in margin: Sulpsit ebur niueum quod virginis ora gerebat ... Munere Acidalie cupido dein iuncta marita est.
Signed in plate, lower right corner: F. Estius.
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 42.138; Hollstein 158 III; New Hollstein 157; Strauss 315
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
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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
