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Landscape with a Shepherd Couple,
ca. 1597–98
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-700 b
Information
Title
Landscape with a Shepherd Couple
Dates
ca. 1597–98
Maker
Medium
Woodcut, line block in black on blue paper, heightened with white
Dimensions
block: 11.4 x 14.5 cm. (4 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
sheet: 11.9 x 15 cm. (4 11/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-700 b
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Initialed in plate, lower center: HG
On verso, lower center: [upside down drawing of man with hat in graphite and white chalk or white heigtening]
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 243; Bialler 50 I; Hollstein 379; New Hollstein 308
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
- Nancy Ann Bialler, Chiaroscuro woodcuts: Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) and his time (Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 1992)., nos. 49-
- 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
