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Hendrik Goltzius "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" engraving, circa 1600
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Hendrik Goltzius "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" engraving, circa 1600.
Condition as shown in the photographs.
Dimensions 21x14 cm.
For comparison see the British Museum collection, which holds an example from this series:
Object Typeprint
Museum number1867,1012.375
DescriptionTemptation of St Antony; Antony sits at centre facing left, hunched over a book that lies open on the lectern before him at left; the devil as a woman with horns and a goblet raised in her left hand stands at left behind the lectern; Anthony's boar peers in from the right edge; after Hendrick Goltzius
Engraving
Engraving
School/styleDutch
Production date1600 (circa) (circa)
Materialspaper
Techniqueengraving
Inscriptions
- Inscription type: inscription
- Inscription content: Lettered in lower left corner "HG Fig".
Curator's commentsFor another impression see D,5.40. A drawing of the saint only (in reverse) signed 'HG' is in the Bibliotheca Ambrosiana, Milan, Codice Resta, fol.158 (Reznicek 439).
Bibliographic referencesNew Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (462)Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (421)Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.27.59)
LocationNot on display
Acquisition date1867
DepartmentPrints and Drawings
Registration number1867,1012.375
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