Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 350 x 265 mm. (13 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Plate: 339 x 254 mm. (13 3/8 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.13885
One from a series of three numbered engravings, formerly attributed to Jan Saenredam, but now attributed to Hendrick Goltzius. The complete series is in the Garrett Collection (see 1946.112.13883 - 1946.112.13885), along with a second impression of "Venus and Cupid" (1984.81.2700).
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower center, in plate "HG."; in image, lower right, in plate "3"; below image, lower margin, in plate, two columns of text, each two lines "Ex me larga fluit Soecundo copia cornu, / Sum gazis, opibus, divitifup potens. / Et Soror, et coniunx Fovis, et regina Deorum, / In toto nulla est par mihi Diva polo." Verso: lower left in graphite 3 [indecipherable]"; lower left in graphite "3 / [indecipherable]"
Markings: CM: none WM: crowned shield with small tower at bottom, with "WR" below
