Crucifixion
Crucifixion

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Crucifixion,

1585

Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1936-18

Information

Title
Crucifixion
Dates

1585

Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.4 x 15.8 cm. (8 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 21.9 x 16.2 cm (8 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1936-18
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Signatures
In lower left: HGoltzius inuentor et sculptor et excnd Ao.1585
Inscription
Signed in plate, lower left corner: HGoltzius inuentor / et sculptor et exend. / Ao 1585 In Latin distich in margin: Dum morior rigidi ... vulnera vestra meis.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector stamp in black ink, verso center: Fürstlich Waldburg Wolfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 2542) Collector stamp in purple ink, verso lower right: R. Peltzer (Lugt 2231)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 40; Dutuit 40a; Hollstein 49; New Hollstein 30
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
crucifixion, figures (representations), deaths, John the Evangelist, religious art, men, Christ, Mary

Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg [Lugt 2542]; sale of the collection, Stuttgart, May 20, 1901, lot 709; Rudolf Peltzer [1825-1910, Lugt 2231]; sale of the collections of Rudolf Peltzer, Grégoire Stroganoff, and Friedrich Schindler, Stuttgart, May 2, 1913, lot 559; Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.

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