The Virgin and Child on the Crescent
The Virgin and Child on the Crescent

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The Virgin and Child on the Crescent,

ca. 1595

Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-705

Information

Title
The Virgin and Child on the Crescent
Dates

ca. 1595

Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 4.6 × 3.9 cm (1 13/16 × 1 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888

Object Number
x1934-705
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription

Signed in plate, lower center: HG

Marks/Labels/Seals

In graphite on verso: Coll Six, Leipzig 1929, 190 Rks

Reference Numbers
Bartsch 26; Hollstein 20; New Hollstein 34
Culture
European, Dutch
Type
prints, engravings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
infants, sons, mothers, religious art, figures (representations), women, Christ, Mary

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