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Hendrick Goltzius, Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem

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Hendrick Goltzius, Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem

Ixion

1587

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 330 x 338 mm. (13 x 13 5/16 in.) Plate: 330 x 330 mm. (13 x 13 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.137
As figures tumble in space, their bodies twist from unexpected angles and perspectives. This circular print, one of the tondo flanking the doorway, is known as a Disgracer. The series represents a masterful collaboration between printmaker Hendrick Goltzius and painter Cornelius van Haarlem. Goltzius transformed van Haarlem’s designs into these richly engraved–and daringly conceived–scenes of humans being expelled from the realms of gods for their hubris. With swelling and powerful lines, Goltzius demonstrated his command of the burin (engraver’s tool) and van Haarlem’s extraordinary representation of man’s fall from grace.
Jacobs Wing Rotations 2024

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower right, in plate "C. Corneli Pictor. Inue. / HG. Sulp 4"; around image, in plate "CVI SIBI COR PRVRIT PLAVDENS POPVLARIBVS AVRIS, QVEM FAMAE STOLIDVM GLORIA VANA IVVAT. EXEMPLO SIT EI IXION, CVI IVPPITER ATRAM PRO IVNONE SVA SVPPOSVIT NEBVLAM." Verso: center in graphite circle with "133"; center in graphite indecipherable; lower right in graphite "19-25"

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Hendrick Goltzius

Dutch, 1558-1617
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Artist

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem

Dutch, 1562-1638
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