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Erasmus Pleiobius,
1584
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-709
Information
Title
Erasmus Pleiobius
Dates
1584
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-709
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
In margin around medallion, containing a chronogram [1584], the name and age [23] of the sitter: VICenIs tres adIICIens nataLIbVs annos, PLeIobIVs pVLCre sIC ora ferebat ErasMVs
Signed in outer margin, lower right: H.Goltzius f.
Marks/Labels/Seals
In graphite, verso left: Leipzig 1929, 280 Rks
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 213; Dutuit 515; Hollstein 208; New Hollstein 242; Weigel 341
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Possibly Jan Six [1618-1700]. Possibly Rijksmuseum, Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam; deaccessioned. Presumably sale in Leipzig, 1929; 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
