Harvard Art Museums > G1664: Mars and Venus Surprised Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mars and Venus Surprised (Hendrick Goltzius) , G1664,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/274705. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G1664 People Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title Mars and Venus Surprised Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1585 Places Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/274705 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 42.1 × 30.6 cm (16 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in plate, lower left corner of design area: HG[monogram]oltzius Inuenit / Sculpsit et diuul.. / gauit. / Ao 1585. inscription: lower left corner of design area, brown ink: C.B.S. inscription: in plate, bottom margin to left and right: Vt Phœbus nitido lasciuum lumine Martem, / Et Paphiæ prodit turpiæ furta Deæ: // Sic fucata Deus sceleratæ crimina vitæ / Cernit, et occultum non sinit esse nefas. watermark: Grapes collector's mark: verso, purple samp with graphite numbering within, the last digit struck through in black ink: [Gray Collection accession stamp (Lugt 4836)] 1664 inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 139. / 12 [overwritten with] 20 / 121 / B [139?] inscription: verso, red chalk: 216. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/iii Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 150, Bartsch 139, Filedt Kok 20, TIB0301.139 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G1664 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
