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Horatius Cocles,

1586

Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-1295

Information

Title
Horatius Cocles
Dates

1586

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 37 x 23.6 cm. (14 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
sheet: 38.3 x 24.8 cm (15 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888

Object Number
x1934-1295
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription

Signed in plate, lower left: HG. fe.

Numbered, lower left corner: 2

Two Latin distichs in lower margin: Solus in aduersos Cocles stans impiger hostes.... Vnum tot remorce millibus esse virum.

Signed, lower right corner: F. Estius.

Reference Numbers
Bartsch 97; Hollstein 163; New Hollstein 165
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