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Saturnus

Print
1597 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Goltzius (Designer)
Jacob Matham (Printmaker)
Claes Jansz Visscher (Publisher)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (Printed)

Plate 1.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleSaturnus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Hendrick Goltzius. Saturn. Plate from a set of seven representing the seven planets, reissued by Claes Jansz. Visscher. Holland, 1652.
Physical description
Plate 1.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 12.1cm
  • To plate mark width: 7.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed at the lower left 'HGoltzius Inue.' and at the lower right 'CIJVisscher excudit'
  • Lettered between the lower margin and the plate mark: '1. SATVRNVS 1'
Bibliographic reference
Leesberg, Marjolein The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound and Vision Publishers, 2012): Henrdick Goltzius Part IV, nos. 664-670.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29405:1

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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