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Hendrik Goltzius

Head of a Siren, 1609

Not on View

Medium

black chalk with white heightening on brown laid paper

Dimensions

overall (approximate): 52.4 x 38.5 cm (20 5/8 x 15 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John R. Gaines

Catalogue Raisonné

Reznicek 1961, no. 125

Accession Number

1986.92.1

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

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Inscription

upper left in black chalk: Ao. HG.1609.; vertical along right edge verso in pen and brown ink: quindeo [_o_] [_e_] fac[ere? ie?]

Provenance

John R. Gaines [1928-2005]; gift 1986 to NGA.

Associated Names

Gaines, John R., Mr.

Exhibition History

1995: Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

2003: "Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings", Toledo Museum of Art, 2003-2004, no. 932.

Bibliography

1961: Reznicek, E.K.J. Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius. 2 vols. (text and plate volumes), Utrecht, 1961.

1993: Reznicek, E.K.J. "Drawings by Hendrick Goltzius, Thirty Years Later: Supplement to the 1961 catalogue raisonné." Master Drawings XXXI (Autumn 1993): A 429, p. 278.

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