id: 128283
accession number: 1951.275
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Portrait of Frederick de Vries and His Dog, 1597. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; sheet: 36.3 x 26.8 cm (14 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.); platemark: 36 x 26.6 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1951.275
title: Portrait of Frederick de Vries and His Dog
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creation date: 1597
creation date earliest: 1597
creation date latest: 1597
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creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture: Netherlands, 16th century
technique: engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Engraving
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 218 (VIII)
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CREATORS
* Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 36.3 x 26.8 cm (14 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Platemark: 36 x 26.6 cm (14 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
state of the work: II/III
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description: blued white laid paper
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inscription: lower center, in plate (in cartouche): Theodorico Frisio Pictori egregio / aput Venetos amicitiæ' et filii absentis / repræsentandi gratia D.D. [do dedicoque] ; lower left, in plate: Cum privil. Sa. Cæ. M. / Anno·1597. / HG [in monogram] ; across bottom, in plate: Quid tabula hæc capiat, fors non capis: en tibi paucis / Mentem. Simplicitas quaerit amatque fidem. / Fida canis, simplexque puer, quos Goltzius apto' / Vivero Phidiacâ fecit in ære' manu. P. Scriverius. ; VERSO, lower left, in brown ink: h: Dreux 1854. ; lower right, in brown ink: [l?]cn. [?d]cn. 1864 Nº78 ; lower left, in graphite: Superb épreuve- ; lower left, in graphite: C8469
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Ikle and Jacoby Collection of Laces and Embroideries
opening date: 1962-04-25T05:00:00
The Ikle and Jacoby Collection of Laces and Embroideries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 25-June 3, 1962).
title: Old Master Prints and Drawings
opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00
Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).
title: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
opening date: 1997-08-03T00:00:00
Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* European Gallery 202 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 26-July 26, 2010).
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PROVENANCE
Hippolyte Dreux (1800-1884), Paris, script (Lugt 694), verso, lower left, in brown ink. Jules Michelin (c.1815-1870), Paris, stamp (Lugt 1490), verso, lower right, in purple ink. purchased from (Kennedy and Co., 7/26/51).
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The inscription in the center states: "I dedicate [this work] to the excellent painter Dirck de Vries in Venice out of friendship and to represent his absent son." The inscription in the bottom margin, written by the Dutch scholar Petrus Scriverius (or Peter Schrijver, 1576–1660), reads: "You may not understand what is contained in this work: Here is the meaning for you in a few words. Simplicity seeks and loves faithfulness. The faithful dog and the innocent boy, that Goltzius faithfully rendered with a Phidian hand in copper." Goltzius made this print for his friend the painter Dirck de Vries (Netherlandish, active 1590–1609) to let him know how his son was progressing under Goltzius’s care in the Dutch city of Haarlem. The two artists had met in Venice, where de Vries still lived. Phidias, referred to in the inscription, was an ancient Greek sculptor whose works were celebrated for their classical forms and their expressions of noble and moral character.
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