A Soldier Armed with a Broadsword and Shield
A Soldier Armed with a Broadsword and Shield

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A Soldier Armed with a Broadsword and Shield,

1587

Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch, 1565–1629
Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-621

Information

Title
A Soldier Armed with a Broadsword and Shield
Dates

1587

Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.6 x 15.6 cm. (8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 22.1 x 16.2 cm. (8 11/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-621
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription
Numbered in plate, lower left: 5 Signed in plate, lower center: HG. fe. .I. de. gheÿn Sculp. Two lines of Latin in margin below plate, lower center: Dupla ego pro meritis mereor Stipendia; nempe / Insigni reliquis Strennuitate prior.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector's stamp in black ink, verso lower left: Fürstlich Waldburg Wolfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett (Lugt 2542)
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 5; Hollstein 357; New Hollstein 180 (De Gheyn), 739 (Goltzius)
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
men, broadswords, figures (representations), shields (armor), portraits, officers (military officers), soldiers

Princes of Waldburg-Wolfegg [Lugt 2542]; sale of the collection, Stuttgart, May 20, 1901, lot 687; Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.

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