id:			157553
accession number:	1994.85
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.85
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:20.071000

The Life of the Virgin: The Annunciation, 1594. Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617). Engraving; sheet: 47 x 35.1 cm (18 1/2 x 13 13/16 in.); image: 46.1 x 34.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.85

title:				The Annunciation
title in original language:	
series:				The Life of the Virgin
series in original language:	
creation date:			1594
creation date earliest:		1594
creation date latest:		1594
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Netherlands, late 16th Century
technique:	engraving
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 9 (VIII.5)

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CREATORS

* Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 47 x 35.1 cm (18 1/2 x 13 13/16 in.); Image: 46.1 x 34.9 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
state of the work:	ii/v
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support materials:

	description:	cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower center, in plate: HG [in monogram] / A°.1594· ; lower left, in plate: 'SERENISSIMO PRINCIPI. AC IL- / LVSTRISSIMO DN[horizontal line above 'N']O, D.[omino] GUILIELMO. V. / COMITI PALAT.[ino] RHE.[nano] VTRIUSQUE, / BAVARIÆ DVCI. etc. / Vt medys Proteus se transformabat in vndis, / Formosae cupido Pomonae captus amore: / Sic varia PRINCEPS TIBI nunc se Goltzius arte / Commutat, sculptor mirabilis, atque repertor. /  C. Schonaeus. ; Across bottom, in plate: Pone metum virgo, celsi tibi nuncius adsum / Missus ab arce poli, paries intacta stupente / Natura, vt veterum cecinêre oracula vatum, / Teque Dei matrem totus venerabitur orbis. ; lower center, in plate: HG / A°. 1594. ;  verso, upper left, in brown ink: A ; verso, lower left, in graphite: de[p?]/wpw[b?]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
	opening date:   1997-08-03T00:00:00
	<i>Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97.  "Mannerism:  Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."', 'opening_date': '1997-08-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	purchased from (Paul McCarron, New York 5/24/94).
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