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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R2052
People
Traditionally attributed to Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Pan and Syrinx
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Metamorphoses (Ovid, Book I)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1589
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/244352

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 × 25.2 cm (6 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 19.5 × 27.1 cm (7 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower sheet margin, graphite, in Randall's hand: H Goltzius
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin at left and right edges: 18. / 18
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Pana fugit Syrinx ripam Ladonis ad vdam, / Dumq fugit// numen fluminis orat opem// Veritur in calamum resonantis arundinis, hunc Pan / Clangentem dulci flamine semper amat.
  • collector's mark: verso, purple stamp with graphite numbering within: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2052
  • watermark: [complex; illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 549, Hollstein 525, Bartsch 48, The Illustrated Bertsch 0302.48

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R2052
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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