Hendrick Goltzius
Fame and History

CultureDutch
Titles
  • Fame and History
  • from Roman Heroes
Date1586
PlaceNetherlands
MediumEngraving on laid paper, state II/II
DimensionsPlate: 14 9/16 × 9 1/4 in. (37 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 7/16 in. (40.3 × 26.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number71.60.1
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Antwerp's Golden Age," Rice University, 8 February - 23 March 1975. (LN:75.3)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
watermark (fleur de lis)
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 95, Hollstein 170

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