Portrait of Frederick de Vries and His Dog

1597

Hendrick Goltzius

Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Prints

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

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Goltzius, Hendrick
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: engraving
Medium: engraving
Dimensions: 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.)
Inscribed: 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
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1951.275
Credit Line: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
Exhibitions: The Ikle and Jacoby Collection of Laces and Embroideries, Old Master Prints and Drawings, Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620, European Gallery 202 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 26-July 26, 2010).
Rights Statement: CC0