Jacob Matham
Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

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ArtistEngraved by Jacob Matham (Dutch, 1571–1631)Dutch, 1571–1631

ArtistAfter Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)Dutch, 1558–1617

CultureDutch

Titles

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Datec. 1613

MediumEngraving

Dimensions501 × 372 mm
Plate or block: 19 3/4 × 14 5/8 in. (50.2 × 37.1 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 19 15/16 × 14 11/16in. (50.6 × 37.3 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1997.37

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Provenance[Lutz Riester, Freiburg, Germany]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1997.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscriptions: on easel at right: HG FECIT.; on stool at bottom: Cum privil. S. Caes. M.tis / Iac. Matham Sculptor.; in central cartouche below image: Spertatae p[er]bitatis viro D. Maximiliano Laignier Tw / jilotXcvh Opus hoc aeri incisum (cuius archetypum cala / mo ab H Goltzio notatum singulari beneficio imitandum dederat, et divulgandum) in grati animi signum D. D. Matham.; flanking central cartouche lower left and right: Nobilis ille Syrus, non vltimus arte medendi / Mystica taurina referens insignia frontis / Divinum formabat opus doctaq[ue] colorum / Temperit sacros audebat ponere vultus, / Et brevibus tantum tabulis includere numen. / In caelis sensere animae, cantusq[ue] cientes / Ad nova pennati coëunt spertacula fratres; / Atq[ue] iterum nato renovant praeconia Christo. / T Schrevelius.

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