Hendrick Goltzius
The Holy Family Under a Tree
1592
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Mount: 485 x 370 mm. (19 1/8 x 14 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 485 x 366 mm. (19 1/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Plate: 475 x 356 mm. (18 11/16 x 14 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 6 from the series "The Birth and Early Life of Christ"
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12050
One from a series of six prints "The Birth and Early Life of Christ" (1593-94), also known as the "Meisterstiche," or "Life of the Virgin" in the manner of various artists (see notes for additional details); the complete series is in the Garrett Collection (1946.112.12045 - 1946.112.12050).
James Clifton, Sarah Campbell, and Walter Melion, The Museum of Biblical Art, NY, "Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustrations in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century," 4 June - 27 September 2009, traveled to Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, 17 October 2009 - 24 January 2010, cat. 27c.
Melion, Walter. "Karel van Mander's 'Life of Goltzius:' Defining the Paradigm of Protean Virtuosity in Haarlen around 1600," in Studies in the History of Art, 27 (1988) pp 113-123.
Melion, Walter. "Hendrik Goltzius's Project of Reproductive Engraving," Art History, 13, no 1 (December 1990), pp. 458-473.
Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "HG / 1593. / 6"; below image, lower margin, in plate four lines of text in Latin, in two columns, beginning "PRÆCVRSOR DOMINI LACTANTIS [...]" Verso: lower left in graphite diamond with "9099 / 6"
Markings: CM: Claghorn (on verso of mount)
