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The Venetian Wedding,
1584
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
after Dirck Barendsz., Dutch, 1534–1592
after Dirck Barendsz., Dutch, 1534–1592
x1936-20
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Title
The Venetian Wedding
Dates
1584
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 42.7 × 73 cm (16 13/16 × 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1936-20
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
Inscribed in plate on steps, lower left center: Theodorus Bernardus Amsterodamus Inuentor.
Signed and dated in plate on steps, lower right of center: Henricus Goltzius sculptor Ao 1584
Eight lines of Latin by Cornelius Schonaeus in four columns in margin below plate: Hic Antenorei Connubia … spectanda per orbem.
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 76.247; Hollstein 292; New Hollstein 311; Strauss 182
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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
