Artist
Hendrick Goltzius Dutch, 1558–1617
Artistafter
Cornelis Cornelisz. van HaarlemDutch, 1562–1638
CultureDutch
Titles
- Tantalus
- from The Four Disgracers
Date1588
PlaceNetherlands
MediumEngraving on laid paper, state I/III
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number2009.4
Not on view
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Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, around perimeter: TANTALVS IN MEDYS RESIDENS SITIT ARIDVS VNDIS, QVAM MISER, INTER OPES QVI MALE VIVIT INOPS. [signature and date] HAVD BONA FORTVNAE QVISQVAM PVTET ESSE BEATA, ILLA BONIS PROSVNT, ILLA NOCENTQ MALIS.
Recto: Signed in printed ink, center bottom edge: C.C. Pictor Inve. HGoltzius Sculpt. / A° 1588
Verso: Inscribed in ink, [verso inaccesible to confirm exact location]: B 258. La chute de Tantale / [indecipherable] Borgeus [indecipherable] 22/205 / toi"
Recto: Signed in printed ink, center bottom edge: C.C. Pictor Inve. HGoltzius Sculpt. / A° 1588
Verso: Inscribed in ink, [verso inaccesible to confirm exact location]: B 258. La chute de Tantale / [indecipherable] Borgeus [indecipherable] 22/205 / toi"
Recto: Signed in printed ink, center bottom edge: C.C. Pictor Inve. HGoltzius Sculpt. / A° 1588
Watermark at lower center of sheet – Similar to Piccard XIII Wasserzeichen Lilie, 1294/1295, page 209
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