Judgement of Midas
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617
Schoterbosch, Floris Gerritsz Overrijn van, c.1562-1618 (dedicatee)
print
Print Statement 1
1590
1 print : engraving on sheet 417 x 670 mm. (trimmed inside platemark)
paper
Latin
Netherlands
At lower right on stone slab the dedication: "Spectabili iuxta ac doctissimo Florentio a Schoterbusch LL. Doctori Domino & amico suo observando Picturae & Musices candido admiratori ab itinere Constantinopolitano in patriam reduci. HGoltzius invent. et sculpt. D.d."; in lower margin in seven columns: "Thymbreis fidibus cannas ... tumidi blateronibus oris"; dated lower left: "1590".
Consists of two sheets pasted together vertically. The print is pasted in an album.
Girolamo Casanate, Lugt 4559
fair
Apollo (Deity)Midas (Legendary character)
Muses (Greek deities)Lyre
Biblioteca Casanatense
Fondo Stampe e Disegni
20.A.I.3/3
Link to album description
20.A.I.3
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450 - 1700: Hendrick Goltzius, vol. I, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel 2012, p. 264-267, n. 158
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