Inscription
across top of plate: ANNO 1578; in image, in frame: IOHAN GOLS VAN KEISERSWERDT SEINES ALTERS · 44 ·; in image, on cartouche at bottom: Wan man als khan, aussrouten und vertreiben / Moiss doch die lieb, ewig bleiben (Though man may destroy and banish all, love exists eternally); in image, below inscription on cartouche: HGoltzius; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: B.171; H. 191 / 16082
Provenance
Unidentified collection/s (black oval coat of arms surmounted by crown and violet crest surmounted with wings; neither in Lugt). (Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased 2015 by NGA.
Bibliography
- 1949
- Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 191
- 1993
- The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 224.
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