Hendrick Goltzius
Ixion, plate III from the series The Four Disgracers

Ixion, plate III from the series The Four Disgracers

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Ixion, plate III from the series The Four Disgracers
CultureDutch
Titles
  • Ixion, plate III from the series The Four Disgracers
  • Plate III Of The Four Disgracers
Date1588
PlaceNetherlands
MediumEngraving on laid paper, state I/III
DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
Object number98.121
Not on view

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Inscription: On mat, in pencil: "Hendrick Goltzius Muhlbrecht 1558-1617 Haarlem / Ixion / Engraving, apu Cornelis van Haarlem, 1558. One of the / four so-called Disgracers. / Barbon 261, Hollstein 309, Strauss 260 i/III." "Two repaired tears at center right edge and center left edge."
The work is signed in the lower portion of the image: "C. Corneli Pictor. Jnue He. Julp 4."
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 261, Hollstein 309, Strauss 260 i/iii

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