Pieta
Pieta

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Pieta,

1596

Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1936-17

Information

Title
Pieta
Dates

1596

Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 18.6 x 12.8 cm. (7 5/16 x 5 1/16 in.) sheet: 19.8 x 14.3 cm. (7 13/16 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1936-17
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription
Dated on rock beside Christ's lower legs, lower right: Ao 96 Signed on plaque, lower center: HG
Marks/Labels/Seals
In graphite, verso lower right: Junius S. Morgan (Lugt 1536)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 41; Hollstein 50; New Hollstein 31
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
sons, mothers, figures (representations), deaths, men, women, Christ, Mary, pietàs

Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932, Lugt 1536]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.

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