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Gerardus Mercator,
1576
attributed to Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-633
Information
Title
Gerardus Mercator
Dates
1576
Maker
attributed to Hendrick Goltzius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to plate: 19.6 x 14.8 cm. (7 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-633
Inscription
Inscribed in plate outside oval frame, upper left and right: AETATIS / SUAE LXIII[I?]
Inscribed in plate in margin around frame: Magna Pelusiacis ... cælum. I.Vivian ludeb:
Three lines in Latin inscribed in cartouche below frame, lower center: GERARDI MERCATORIS ... CIC.IC.LXXIV.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector stamp (L.1853b) in purple ink, verso lower right
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 176; Hollstein 201; New Hollstein D8
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Unidentified collector [Lugt 1853b]. Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.
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Frederik Muller, Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 portretten, van Nederlanders, en van buitenlanders, tot Nederland in betrekking staande (Amsterdam: F. Muller, 1853).
, no. 326 -
F.W.H. Hollstein, "Goltzius-Heemskerck," Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1953).
- 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)., no. 399 (Stradanus)
