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Figure painter, Act painter, Painter, Etcher, copperplate engraver, Wood cutter, b. 1558 - d. 1617

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  • Goltzius, Hendrick
    May. 09, 2025

    Goltzius, Hendrick

    Est: €400 - €600

    (1558 Bracht - Haarlem 1616/17). Die heilige Familie unter dem Kischbaum. Kupferstich auf Bütten 1589. 24,5 x 20, Blgr. 25,5 x 20,4 cm. MIt den Namensz. u. Titel "Diva Dei genitrix..." i.d. Platte. Meist knapp innerhalb d. Pattenkante beschnitten. Mont. B. 24. Ho. 18 II (v. II). New Ho. 32 II (v. II). Guter Abdruck des II. Zustands mit der Adr. von Symon Kloeting. Vgl. Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-10.034 (1. Zustand).

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  • Goltzius, Hendrick
    May. 09, 2025

    Goltzius, Hendrick

    Est: €400 - €600

    (1558 Bracht - Haarlem 1616/17). Fantasie-Porträt eines älteren Mannes im Dreiviertelprofil von rechts mit Hut. - Fantasie-Porträt eines älteren Mannes im Profil von rechts. 2 Kupferstiche auf Bütten 1597. Blgr. 19,5 x 16,3 bzw. 19,6 x 16,5 cm. Jwls. mit dem Monogr., eines mit Datum i.d. Platte. Mit schmalem Rändchen um die Einfassung. - New Ho. 731,732. - Vereinz. fleckig.

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  • Spanish school, late sixteenth century - pps.s.XVII. "Saint Matthew". Based on an engraving by HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (Bracht, 1558 - Haarlem, 1617). Oil on canvas. Needs restoration.
    May. 08, 2025

    Spanish school, late sixteenth century - pps.s.XVII. "Saint Matthew". Based on an engraving by HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (Bracht, 1558 - Haarlem, 1617). Oil on canvas. Needs restoration.

    Est: €600 - €800

    Spanish school, late sixteenth century - pps.s.XVII. "Saint Matthew". Based on an engraving by HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (Bracht, 1558 - Haarlem, 1617). Oil on canvas. Needs restoration. Measurements: 103,5 x 82 cm; 126 x 103,5 cm (frame). Representation of half a body of St. Matthew the Apostle, based on the engraving of Hendrick Goltzius included in the series "Christ, the twelve apostles and St. Paul" (also known as "The short Creed", because each print was accompanied by a verse of the Creed). This painting, of tenebrist lights and mannerist workmanship, follows Goltzius' model in the gestural dramaturgy and the wide canon, but the face appears more idealized and less aged than in the model. The Caravaggist imprint can be seen in the palette. Goltzius gave special prominence to the hands, furrowed with veins, as well as to the musculature, making tendons visible. A melting pot of influences converged in his painting: Michelangelo, Raphael? but also the classical statuary that the Dutch engraver had studied in depth in the Vatican collection. Hendrick Goltzius was a Dutch draughtsman, engraver and painter. Considered the best Netherlandish engraver of Nordic Mannerism, he is renowned for his sophisticated technique and the "exuberance" of his compositions. Goltzius formed his style in the taste of Mannerism, of which Haarlem was a stronghold until late. This was influenced by the painter and theorist Karel van Mander, who had moved to the city from Vienna, bringing with him designs by Bartholomeus Spranger, the leading Mannerist painter outside Italy. In Rome, Goltzius carefully studied the art of Michelangelo, Raphael Sanzio and lesser-known masters such as Polidoro da Caravaggio. Goltzius engraved six planetary gods that Polidoro had painted in a palace on the Quirinal. His style evolved towards a more measured classicism, which presents the characters in larger clothes, and more relaxed expressions. He was a meticulous yet productive engraver. Among his early series, a series of Christ and the Apostles (1589), called The Creed, stands out. Around 1594, he created a series of six large plates on the life of the Virgin, for which he went back almost a century to imitate six different masters, including Dürer, Parmigianino, Titian and Lucas van Leyden. These engravings were so admired that they deserved the nickname "Meisterstiche" (masterly engravings). Restoration required.

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  • FOLLOWER OF FEDERICO BAROCCI (1535-1612) VIA HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617): THE HOLY FAMILY WITH THE INFANT JOHN THE BAPTIST, OIL ON CANVAS, 17TH C.
    May. 07, 2025

    FOLLOWER OF FEDERICO BAROCCI (1535-1612) VIA HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617): THE HOLY FAMILY WITH THE INFANT JOHN THE BAPTIST, OIL ON CANVAS, 17TH C.

    Est: €600 - €1,200

    Follower of Federico Barocci (1535-1612) via Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): The Holy Family with the infant John the Baptist, oil on canvas, 17th C. Work: 111 x 86 cm Frame: 123,5 x 99 cm The work is arepeat of an original by Barocci, distributed in print via Goltzius (link). Provenance: - Sotheby's, Amsterdam, AM0911, December 12, 2003, lot 513 (sold: 2074 Euro).

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  • Hendrick Goltzius, German / Dutch (1558-1617), The Circumcision, 1594, engraving, 18 1/2"H x 13 3/4"W(sight), 23"H x 17"W(frame)
    Apr. 26, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius, German / Dutch (1558-1617), The Circumcision, 1594, engraving, 18 1/2"H x 13 3/4"W(sight), 23"H x 17"W(frame)

    Est: $1,200 - $1,800

    Hendrick Goltzius German / Dutch, (1558-1617) The Circumcision, 1594 engraving A lifetime impression. Monogrammed and dated in plate with a short poem in latin. Matted and framed with UV protective plexiglass. One of the 5 large engravings known as "Goltzius' masterpieces" (Meisterstiche) forming the Life of the Virgin. Exceptionally sharp impression on laid paper. This particular engraving was intended as an homage to Albrecht Dürer. Biography from Metropolitan Museum of Art Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), engraver, print publisher, draftsman, and painter, was one of the outstanding figures in Dutch art during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Goltzius was internationally acclaimed in his day; his enthusiastic patrons included sovereigns from all parts of Europe, most notably the art-loving Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. One of the most important engravers and print publishers of his time, he is most widely known today for the Mannerist engravings that he and his workshop produced during the period between 1585 and 1589. This work represents, however, only a fraction of his entire oeuvre, which includes some 500 drawings and about 50 paintings, in addition to some 160 individual prints and series of prints that he and his workshop produced. Born in Germany near the border of the Netherlands, Goltzius was burned in a fire as a child, an accident that permanently damaged his right hand. He moved to Haarlem in 1577 and established his own print publishing business there around 1578. Ambitious throughout his career, as a publisher he intended from the beginning to produce engravings of high artistic and technical quality for an international public of connoisseurs and art lovers and to break the monopoly on print publishing that had been held since the mid-sixteenth century by print producers in Antwerp. He trained a number of engravers to work in his style and a large part of their production was centered around prints after the master's designs and in his distinctive engraving style, for example, The Fall of Phaeton (1992.376, 49.97.662). In the late 1580s, Goltzius was at the height of his success and created some of the most spectacular pieces in the history of prints, most notably The Feast of the Gods at the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche (2000.113), The Great Hercules (46.140.28), and the series The Four Disgracers (53.601.338[3-5, and 65]). Goltzius's designs in this period were influenced by Bartholomeus Spranger, court painter to Rudolf II. The artifice of Spranger's Mannerist figure style appears for instance in Apollo (51.501.3). By 1590, Goltzius had achieved great success throughout Europe. He made a long-awaited journey to Italy in that year and such was his fame that he was said to have traveled incognito, covering his recognizable burned hand. In Rome, he appears to have wanted to create a series of engravings of famous works of art like his Farnese Hercules (17.37.59), in particular classical statues, based on new and reliable drawings made on the spot; in this case, the Farnese Hercules (back view) in red chalk, and the Farnese Hercules (back view) in black and white chalk (both in the collection of the Teylers Museum, Haarlem). He also created extraordinary colored chalk portraits of contemporary artists such as Pietro Francavilla (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). Upon his return from Italy, Goltzius concentrated on engraving a smaller number of showpieces. His versatility, passion for experimentation, and love of showmanship are fully revealed in his late drawings and prints. The most astounding sheets are the so-called pen works, tour-de-force conflations of media in which Goltzius reproduced his own forceful swelling and tapering engraving lines in pen and ink, for example, Goltzius's Right Hand (Teylers Museum, Haarlem), and in brush and oils in Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze) (Philadelphia Museum of Art). Van Mander, his biographer, described Goltzius as a rare Proteus who could assume all possible guises in his art, as he did in The Circumcision in his series The Early Life of the Virgin (17.37.36), known more familiarly as his Meisterstiche. Van Mander was referring to Goltzius's chameleon-like ability to create original works in the styles of earlier masters. In later drawings and prints, Goltzius repeatedly tried to outdo earlier masters like Albrecht Dürer by creating new works in their techniques and styles. In 1600, at the age of forty-two, Goltzius gave up printmaking and began to paint. A significant factor in his decision must have been the theoretical tenets espoused by van Mander. Painting was viewed by him and others at the time as the summit of achievement in the arts and much more prestigious than engraving. Goltzius gained no less international recognition for his paintings influenced by Titian and Rubens. His masterpiece in painting was the Danaë (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). By Nadine OrensteinDepartment of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Citation Orenstein, Nadine. "Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/golt/hd_golt.htm (October 2003) Further Reading Leeflang, Huigen, et al. Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings. Exhibition catalogue. Zwolle: Waanders, 2003.

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  • Hendrick Goltzius, the visitation.
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius, the visitation.

    Est: €1,700 - €2,400

    This is one of a series of six plates showing 'Masterpieces' depicting the Life of the Virgin engraved by Hendrick Goltzius (New Hollstein 8-13). Each time he created a large format work following the technique of one of the greatest masters in the field to show his genius. Here a piece in the burin manner of Parmigianino: The Visitation. Saint Elizabeth greeting the Virgin. A man walking towards them. Below a little dog watching the scene. Second state with number 2; here in the pictorial style of Parmigianino. References: New Hollstein 9 II second state. This here is an early impression printed on laid paper with narrow margins. Mounted on another paper. some traces of aging and one stain in the middle right. In good condition.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius Adoration of the shepherds
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius Adoration of the shepherds

    Est: €1,700 - €2,400

    This is one of a series of six plates showing 'Masterpieces' depicting the Life of the Virgin engraved by Hendrick Goltzius (New Hollstein 8-13) in 1594. Each time he created a large format work following the technique of one of the greatest masters in the field to show his genius. Here a piece in the burin manner of Bassano: The Adoration of the Shepherds. The Virgin revealing the Christ child asleep in a manger, at the left Saint Joseph with a candle. The adoration of the shepherds with one taking off his hat. At the right the donkey with the ox. In the doorway a man shining with a lantern. Above them the angels. Here in the pictorial style of Bassano. References: New Hollstein 10 II. This is a second state, here with number 3. This here is an early impression, printed on laid paper with narrow margins.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius, Saenredam, Sight, one of the five senses
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius, Saenredam, Sight, one of the five senses

    Est: €500 - €650

    Sight, one of the five senses, engraving, after a drawing of Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), engraved in 1595 by Jan Saenredam (1565-1607), published ca 1575-1607. From the series of five prints: " Five senses". Hollstein Dutch 101 Goltzius, New Hollstein Dutch 694.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1607) - Christ carrying the cross
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1607) - Christ carrying the cross

    Est: €360 - €480

    Christ carrying the cross; Christ stops and looks at Veronica who offers Him a cloth; a soldier raises a club to hit Christ and to urge Him on; behind Christ is a long procession of figures who wind off into the distance; at left in the background is a prominent fortified tower. This is the print by Goltzius himself or the copy made in his studio.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius - Diana and Callisto - 1590
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius - Diana and Callisto - 1590

    Est: €260 - €340

    Jupiter assumes the form of Diana in order to seduce Callisto . An early work drawn by Goltzius en engraved in his workshop. Print from the second series of scenes from the Metamorphoses whose design occupied Goltzius about 1589. The design sketches for this prints are recorded in some of the greatest museums. Goltzius made the drawings as designs for the prints. He probably also surveyed the engraving process by a member of his workshop and was involved in the publishing of the series. The mannerist style is at it's best here. New Hollstein 533, First state of two. This state published by Hendrick Goltzius himself, before the later Visscher publication.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius - Metamorphose into poplars and swan - C.1590
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius - Metamorphose into poplars and swan - C.1590

    Est: €260 - €340

    Ovid's Metamorphoses : Phaeton's grief-stricken sisters turning into poplar trees , while Cygnus changes into a swan. An early work drawn by Goltzius en engraved in his workshop. Print from the series of scenes from the Metamorphoses whose design occupied Goltzius about 1589. The design sketches for this prints are recorded in some of the greatest museums. Goltzius made the drawings as designs for the prints. He probably also surveyed the engraving process by a member of his workshop and was involved in the publishing of the series. The mannerist style is at it's best here. New Hollstein 555 first state of two. This state published by Hendrick Goltzius himself, before the later Visscher publication.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) - The Cardinal and Theological Virtues
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) - The Cardinal and Theological Virtues

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    The Cardinal and Theological Virtues, 1588, engraving by Jacob Matham, after a painting/drawing of Hendrick Goltzius in Haarlem ca 1594-1598. Published by Hendrick Goltzius, New Hollstein Dutch 352 1(3) first state. Rare engraving of the first state. Excellent impression of this scarce engraving showing a landscape with personifications of the seven virtues: Prudence and Fortitude in foreground; Hope seated on anchor, Charity with children and Temperance in middle ground; Faith holding a chalice and Justice in background; first state published by Goltzius in 1588

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius - Neptune And Amphitrite - 1594
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius - Neptune And Amphitrite - 1594

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    Neptune and Amphitrite. The couple seated on a rock in the sea, a bearded Neptune holding his trident, two large fish at their feet. Engraving made by Hendrik Goltzius around 1594 as part of his series The Three Kindoms of the World, also called 'Loves od the Gods. This series of three numbered plates was formerly attributed to Saenredam (Hollstein 53-55), but now attributed to Hendrick Goltzius (New Hollstein 138-140) and one of his most sensual series.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius, Jan Saenredam - Farmers pay tribute to Ceres - 1596
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius, Jan Saenredam - Farmers pay tribute to Ceres - 1596

    Est: €800 - €1,600

    Ceres, whole-length, holding a sickle and cornucopia with three agricultural labourers paying homage; they hold tools of their work including a spade, a flail and a two-pronged fork; beyond is a landscape with ploughing and harvesting. Signed "Anno 1596. / HGoltzius Invent. / ISanredam sculptor". Beneath Ceres's feet "Cum privil. Sæ. Cæ. M.". In the margin two columns of text, each two lines "Diva potens ... dona ministras." by "C.Schoneus". Numbered "I.". Engraving by Jan Saenredam in 1596 after a design drawing by Hendrik Goltzius. From a series of three plates representing food, love and wine (Hollstein 69-71)

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius, Rock on a coast
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius, Rock on a coast

    Est: €2,800 - €4,600

    Rare chiaroscuro woodcut: Landscape with a rock on a coast, made by Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) ca 1597-1600. Chiaroscuro woodcut: a line block in black and one in light brown/green and one in dark brown/green on laid paper, heightened with white colour. From the rare series of 4 landscapes. References: Hollstein Dutch 381 1-2(2) , The Illustrated Bartsch 245-2-3(2). Good dark impression of this rare chiaroscuro woodcut, printed on thin laid paper with new restored margins 3-4 mm, not visible in front, otherwise excellent. Collectors mark on the back. With an interesting watermark of a small French lily on a stake in the dense laid paper, early impression.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius, Simon Frisius - Mountainous coastal landscape - 1
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius, Simon Frisius - Mountainous coastal landscape - 1

    Est: €420 - €640

    This is the first of a pair of etchings by Frisius showing after a drawing by Goltzius in Goltzius genius style also used in his Chiaroscuro prints, with curved swelling lines as if the undulating landscape is in motions. A highlight in landscape art. Subject: Mountainous landscape with a peasant encountering a resting maid in foreground; second state with plate number above margin. This etching was made by Simon Frisius (1580-1628) in 1608.

    Old Master Print
  • Maarten de Vos, Hendrick Goltzius - Martyrdom of Christ and his Apostles, Complete (13) - 1578
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Maarten de Vos, Hendrick Goltzius - Martyrdom of Christ and his Apostles, Complete (13) - 1578

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    Christ and the Martyrdoms of the Apostles. The complete series in thirteen prints showing the Saint standing at right wit the scene od his martyrdom at right. This series was made after design drawings by Maarten de Vos, four of the plates also bear the inscription "M.de Vos inve". Two of the engravings (5 and 11) are signed "H. or Henricus Goltzius sculp.". From an early second edition of five with the publishers address of Adrian Collaert. The first edition was by Hieronymous Cock. The plates are mostly second states on three with the address of Cock erased but before the change of the numbering. In Hollstein four plates (3.6.8.9 are attributed to Hans Collaert. The engravers who executed the other sheets in the series have not yet been clearly identified, Mariette suspects that the Wierix brothers were involved (cf. New Hollstein II, p. 355).

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) - Horse from Calabria
    Apr. 17, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) - Horse from Calabria

    Est: €400 - €600

    Calaber; the horse standing to left with a cityscape in the distance. Splendid engraving by Hendrick Goltzius after design by Jan van der Straet. A first state on two signed middle right"HGoltzius fe". In the textline at left "Jo. Strada.inue. /P.Galleus.excu.". From a series of forty horses from the stable of Don John of Austria. The series was begun by Hieronymus Wierix, Hendrick Goltzius engraved some five plates for this series, being the most spectacular ones.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius Johannes Medices Parmensi bello..., after Giovanni Stradano
    Apr. 16, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius Johannes Medices Parmensi bello..., after Giovanni Stradano

    Est: €400 - €600

    Engraving, 220 x 293 mm (plate), 250 x 365 mm (sheet). Plate from the series "Mediceae Familiae rerum feliciter gestarum victoriae..." (Antwerp 1583). I state of 2, before the addition of the inscription "HGoltzius sculp" and the change of numbering. The Illustrated Bartsch LVI.102.11, Strauss 12 Fine impression on thin laid paper. Copy with large preserved margins, in excellent condition, except for some foxing and an handwritten number at the top left.

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Hendrik Goltzius St. Paul bitten by a viper, after Giovanni Stradano
    Apr. 16, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius St. Paul bitten by a viper, after Giovanni Stradano

    Est: €300 - €500

    Engraving, 195 x 262 mm (plate), 240 x 312 mm (sheet). From the series “Acts of the Apostles”, published by Philippe Galle in 1582. Second state of two, with the number 33 at lower right. Strauss 154. A fine example with light plate-tone, printed on laid paper with watermark (P Gothic with flower). Sheet with some abrasions at the edges and paper residues on the verso, but overall in very good condition.

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Hendrik Goltzius Martyrdom of Saint Matthias, after Martin de Vos
    Apr. 16, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius Martyrdom of Saint Matthias, after Martin de Vos

    Est: €200 - €300

    Engraving, 205 x 280 mm (plate), 325 x 400 mm (sheet). II state, after the removal of the address “Aux 4 vents" and with the addition of the number. Strauss 47. A fine example printed on thin laid paper with watermark (Arms supported by Lions). Wide margins beyond the platemark, usual editorial fold. Sheet with traces of foxing and defects at the edges, but overall in good condition.

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Hendrik Goltzius The Martyrdom of Saint Simon and Saint Jude Thaddeus, after Martin de Vos
    Apr. 16, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius The Martyrdom of Saint Simon and Saint Jude Thaddeus, after Martin de Vos

    Est: €200 - €300

    Engraving, 210 x 285 mm (plate), 325 x 400 mm (sheet). II state, after the cancellation of the address “Aux 4 vents" and with the addition of the number. Strauss 47. A fine example printed on thin laid paper with watermark (Arms supported by Lions). Wide margins beyond the platemark, usual editorial fold. Sheet with very light traces of foxing, defects at the edges and loss of ink on the lower lines, but overall in good condition.

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Hendrik Goltzius Gaius Mucius Scaevola
    Apr. 16, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius Gaius Mucius Scaevola

    Est: €200 - €400

    Engraving, 345 x 230 mm. Bartsch III.35.98; Hollstein 164. Impression on laid paper. Trimmed, missing the lower part with the inscription. Sheet with multiple restorations of losses and tears, especially in the upper part, and in the center in the white area of the image. In fair condition.

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Hendrik Goltzius Crucifixion
    Apr. 16, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius Crucifixion

    Est: €400 - €600

    From the series of twelve plates of "The Passion of Christ". Engraving, 196 x 130 mm. Hollstein 30. Nice impression on laid paper. Sheet with some small holes and missing left corners, reinforced on the back. Applied, in one point in the center, with glue on a modern passe-partout.

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558 - 1617) Young Man Standing in Fluttering Dress.
    Apr. 15, 2025

    HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558 - 1617) Young Man Standing in Fluttering Dress.

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558 - 1617) Young Man Standing in Fluttering Dress. Woodcut, circa 1590-1600. 111x65 mm; 4½x2¾ inches. First state (of 2). With thread margins or trimmed on the outside of the black border line. A superb, richly-inked and early impression of this extremely scarce woodcut with very strong contrasts, no sign of wear and the relief from the wood block distinct on the verso. Bartsch 240; Hollstein 376; Bialler 53.

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  • Hendrik Goltzius, German/Dutch (1558-1617), 4 prints from the Passion of the Christ series: The Burial of Christ, Ecce Homo, The Flagellation of Christ, and The Arrest of Christ, 1596-1598, engravings on fine laid paper,
    Mar. 22, 2025

    Hendrik Goltzius, German/Dutch (1558-1617), 4 prints from the Passion of the Christ series: The Burial of Christ, Ecce Homo, The Flagellation of Christ, and The Arrest of Christ, 1596-1598, engravings on fine laid paper,

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    Hendrik Goltzius German/Dutch, (1558-1617) 4 prints from the Passion of the Christ series: The Burial of Christ, Ecce Homo, The Flagellation of Christ, and The Arrest of Christ, 1596-1598 engravings on fine laid paper All monogrammed with year in print. Biography from Metropolitan Museum of Art Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), engraver, print publisher, draftsman, and painter, was one of the outstanding figures in Dutch art during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Goltzius was internationally acclaimed in his day; his enthusiastic patrons included sovereigns from all parts of Europe, most notably the art-loving Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. One of the most important engravers and print publishers of his time, he is most widely known today for the Mannerist engravings that he and his workshop produced during the period between 1585 and 1589. This work represents, however, only a fraction of his entire oeuvre, which includes some 500 drawings and about 50 paintings, in addition to some 160 individual prints and series of prints that he and his workshop produced. Born in Germany near the border of the Netherlands, Goltzius was burned in a fire as a child, an accident that permanently damaged his right hand. He moved to Haarlem in 1577 and established his own print publishing business there around 1578. Ambitious throughout his career, as a publisher he intended from the beginning to produce engravings of high artistic and technical quality for an international public of connoisseurs and art lovers and to break the monopoly on print publishing that had been held since the mid-sixteenth century by print producers in Antwerp. He trained a number of engravers to work in his style and a large part of their production was centered around prints after the master's designs and in his distinctive engraving style, for example, The Fall of Phaeton (1992.376, 49.97.662). In the late 1580s, Goltzius was at the height of his success and created some of the most spectacular pieces in the history of prints, most notably The Feast of the Gods at the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche (2000.113), The Great Hercules (46.140.28), and the series The Four Disgracers (53.601.338[3-5, and 65]). Goltzius's designs in this period were influenced by Bartholomeus Spranger, court painter to Rudolf II. The artifice of Spranger's Mannerist figure style appears for instance in Apollo (51.501.3). By 1590, Goltzius had achieved great success throughout Europe. He made a long-awaited journey to Italy in that year and such was his fame that he was said to have traveled incognito, covering his recognizable burned hand. In Rome, he appears to have wanted to create a series of engravings of famous works of art like his Farnese Hercules (17.37.59), in particular classical statues, based on new and reliable drawings made on the spot; in this case, the Farnese Hercules (back view) in red chalk, and the Farnese Hercules (back view) in black and white chalk (both in the collection of the Teylers Museum, Haarlem). He also created extraordinary colored chalk portraits of contemporary artists such as Pietro Francavilla (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). Upon his return from Italy, Goltzius concentrated on engraving a smaller number of showpieces. His versatility, passion for experimentation, and love of showmanship are fully revealed in his late drawings and prints. The most astounding sheets are the so-called pen works, tour-de-force conflations of media in which Goltzius reproduced his own forceful swelling and tapering engraving lines in pen and ink, for example, Goltzius's Right Hand (Teylers Museum, Haarlem), and in brush and oils in Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze) (Philadelphia Museum of Art). Van Mander, his biographer, described Goltzius as a rare Proteus who could assume all possible guises in his art, as he did in The Circumcision in his series The Early Life of the Virgin (17.37.36), known more familiarly as his Meisterstiche. Van Mander was referring to Goltzius's chameleon-like ability to create original works in the styles of earlier masters. In later drawings and prints, Goltzius repeatedly tried to outdo earlier masters like Albrecht Dürer by creating new works in their techniques and styles. In 1600, at the age of forty-two, Goltzius gave up printmaking and began to paint. A significant factor in his decision must have been the theoretical tenets espoused by van Mander. Painting was viewed by him and others at the time as the summit of achievement in the arts and much more prestigious than engraving. Goltzius gained no less international recognition for his paintings influenced by Titian and Rubens. His masterpiece in painting was the Danaë (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). By Nadine OrensteinDepartment of Drawings and Prints, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Citation Orenstein, Nadine. "Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/golt/hd_golt.htm (October 2003) Further Reading Leeflang, Huigen, et al. Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings. Exhibition catalogue. Zwolle: Waanders, 2003.

    Ripley Auctions
  • HENDRICK GOLTZIUS, invent (Paises Bajos, 1558 - 1617), Desp
    Mar. 18, 2025

    HENDRICK GOLTZIUS, invent (Paises Bajos, 1558 - 1617), Desp

    Est: -

    HENDRICK GOLTZIUS, invent (Netherlands, 1558 - 1617) RAPHAEL SADELER, fecit et sculpit (Brussels, 1555 - 1632?) "Mystical nuptials of St. Catherine". Etching Signed in plate. Framed. Measurements: Imprint: 18 x 24 cm; paper: 19 x 26 cm.

    Magna Art Auctions
  • HENDRICK GOLTZIUS 'DIE BESCHNEIDUNG CHRISTI' (AUS DER FOLGE: 'DIE GEBURT UND DAS FRÜHE LEBEN CHRISTI', 1594)
    Mar. 15, 2025

    HENDRICK GOLTZIUS 'DIE BESCHNEIDUNG CHRISTI' (AUS DER FOLGE: 'DIE GEBURT UND DAS FRÜHE LEBEN CHRISTI', 1594)

    Est: €600 - €1,200

    HENDRICK GOLTZIUS 1558 Bruges - 1617 Haarlem 'THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST' (FROM THE SERIES: 'THE BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF CHRIST', 1594) Engraving on paper. Visible size 46 x 33.5 cm (f. 67 x 52 x 2 cm). Monogrammed and dated '1594 HG' in the bottom center of the plate. Tanned, part. damaged Exhibition catalog 'The engraver Hendrick Goltzius 1558 - 1617', Kleve 1982 as an addition. Framed in a passe-partout and behind glass (unopened). HENDRICK GOLTZIUS 1558 Brüggen - 1617 Haarlem 'DIE BESCHNEIDUNG CHRISTI' (AUS DER FOLGE: 'DIE GEBURT UND DAS FRÜHE LEBEN CHRISTI', 1594) Kupferstich auf Papier. SM 46 x 33,5 cm (R. 67 x 52 x 2 cm). Unten Mitte in der Platte monogrammiert und datiert '1594 HG'. Gebräunt, part. besch. Ausstellungskatalog 'Der Kupferstecher Hendrick Goltzius 1558 - 1617', Kleve 1982 als Beigabe. In ein Passepartout und hinter Glas gerahmt (ungeöffnet).

    Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
  • Goltzius (Hendrik, 1558-1617). The Muse Erato, from the series The Nine Muses, 1592
    Mar. 12, 2025

    Goltzius (Hendrik, 1558-1617). The Muse Erato, from the series The Nine Muses, 1592

    Est: £200 - £300

    Goltzius (Hendrik, 1558-1617). The Muse Erato, from the series The Nine Muses, 1592 * Goltzius (Hendrik, 1558-1617). The Muse Erato, from the series The Nine Muses, 1592, engraving on laid paper, with numeral nine towards lower left edge of image, and 'H Goltius invent.' to lower right, and four lines of Latin verse below 'Uranie celi motus, et sydera monstrat/Quid Jovis et placide promittat Cypridos astrum/Quid portendat hyas, et quid nimbosus Orion/Feraliq coma signum ferale Cometes', trimmed just inside the plate mark, with loss of the printed initials F. E. to lower right corner, sheet size 241 x 162 mm 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 ins), tipped on to large sheet of old laid paper, together with Saenredam (Jan, circa 1565-1607). Jael and Sisera, after Hendrik Goltzius, circa 1595, engraving on laid paper, the third state with imperial priviledge 'Cum privil. Sa. Cae. M.', lettered lower left H Goltzius Invēt, and I.S. sculptor, with two lines of Latin verse at foot 'Non semper validis sternuntur viribus hostes,/Ferminea pereunt etiam virtute potentes. C. Schoneus', trimmed to plate mark (lower edge trimmed just inside the plate mark), short worm track towards upper left margin (18 mm), sheet size 283 x 200 mm (11 3/16 x 7 15/16 ins), tipped on to old laid backing paper QTY: (2) NOTE: Goltzius: New Hollstein 137; Hollstein 156; Saenredam: New Hollstein 393, iii, Hollstein 19, iii, Bartsch III.236.43. One of a series of nine prints, designed and engraved by Goltzius entitled The Nine Muses, which the artist dedicated to his friend and colleague Jan Sadeler.

    Dominic Winter Auctions
  • Hendrick Goltzius,  Proserpine 
    Mar. 12, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius,  Proserpine 

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    Hendrick Goltzius,  German / Dutch 1558-1617-  Proserpine;  chiaroscuro woodcut (lineblock with two tone-blocks), 34.5 x 25.7 cm. (unframed).  Provenance: Property of the Late Professor Eric Gerald Stanley, FBA (1923-2018) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stanley).

    Roseberys
  • Hendrick Goltzius,  Benedicta tu in Mulieribus, from "Christian and Profane Allegories" 
    Mar. 12, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius,  Benedicta tu in Mulieribus, from "Christian and Profane Allegories" 

    Est: £200 - £300

    Hendrick Goltzius,  German / Dutch 1558-1617-  Benedicta tu in Mulieribus, from "Christian and Profane Allegories";  engraving on laid paper, trimmed within the margins, 24.6 x 18.5 cm. (unframed / mounted).  Provenance:  Property of the Late Professor Eric Gerald Stanley, FBA (1923-2018) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stanley). 

    Roseberys
  • Hendrick Goltzius, after Raphael,  The Prophet Isaiah 
    Mar. 12, 2025

    Hendrick Goltzius, after Raphael,  The Prophet Isaiah 

    Est: £100 - £150

    Hendrick Goltzius, after Raphael,  German / Dutch 1558-1617, and Italian 1483-1520-  The Prophet Isaiah;  engraving on laid paper, inscribed 'Istud suis coloribus depictum est per Raphaelem D'Urbin / Romae in aede S. Augustini, per Gasparem Celij ibidem / adnotatum, et ab H. Goltzio aeri inschulptum. Anno 1592.' (within the plate, lower edge), bears collector's mark with an eagle within a circle verso, 31.2 x 19.3 cm. (unframed / mounted).  Provenance:  Property of the Late Professor Eric Gerald Stanley, FBA (1923-2018) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stanley).

    Roseberys
  • Goltzius, Hendrick
    Feb. 14, 2025

    Goltzius, Hendrick

    Est: €150 - €250

    Goltzius, Hendrick (1558-1617). Venus und Cupido. Kupferstich aus der Folge Die drei Gottheiten. Oval auf Blattrand beschnitten, monogrammiert, gestreut stockfleckig. 31,3:23,5 cm. Gerahmt.

    Schneider-Henn
  • Goltzius, Hendrick
    Feb. 14, 2025

    Goltzius, Hendrick

    Est: €650 - €1,000

    (1558 Bracht - Haarlem 1616/17). Die heilige Familie unter dem Kischbaum. Kupferstich auf Bütten 1589. 24,5 x 20, Blgr. 25,5 x 20,4 cm. MIt den Namensz. u. Titel "Diva Dei genitrix..." i.d. Platte. Meist knapp innerhalb d. Pattenkante beschnitten. Mont. B. 24. Ho. 18 II (v. II). New Ho. 32 II (v. II). Guter Abdruck des II. Zustands mit der Adr. von Symon Kloeting. Vgl. Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-10.034 (1. Zustand).

    Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
  • ESCUELA FLAMENCA, S. XVIII - San Jerónimo
    Feb. 05, 2025

    ESCUELA FLAMENCA, S. XVIII - San Jerónimo

    Est: €180 - €240

    Grabado por Hendrick Goltzius (Mülbracht, 1558 – Haarlem, 1617) a partir de obra realizada por Jacopo Palma el Joven (Venecia, 1544 - Venecia, 1628).

    Isbilya Subastas
  • Hendrick Goltzius - Honour and Wealth - 1582
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrick Goltzius - Honour and Wealth - 1582

    Est: €440 - €660

    Opulenta and Honor" Honour and Wealth; a naked male and female embrace and kiss; Honour rests his hand on a laurel, crown and sceptre as she holds up a vessel containing coins and has an elaborate bracelet / collar around her wrist. in lower right corner "HGoltzius fecit". In the margin two columns of text in Latin and Dutch, each two lines "Mutua Divitiæ ... van besware". Engraving made and published by Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) after his own design in Haarlem ca 1582. The third" engraving from the rare series: "The Ways of Fortune". From the collection of E.Fabricius (Lugt.847a) and Königliche Kunstakademie Königsberg (Lugt.682.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius - Labor and Diligence - 1582
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrick Goltzius - Labor and Diligence - 1582

    Est: €440 - €660

    Labour and Industry; a naked male and female embrace and kiss; she holds a whip and a spur while he holds a flail; a spade, anvil and hammer lie on the ground. Engraving made and published by Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) after his own design in Haarlem ca 1582. The first engraving from the rare series: "The Ways of Fortune, Reward of Labour, Diligence, Practice and Art."

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius after, Venus and Cupido.
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrick Goltzius after, Venus and Cupido.

    Est: €550 - €750

    Venus and Cupido, engraving after the engraving of Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), made by a high-skilled Dutch engraver in Amsterdam ca 1595-1667. References: After Hollstein Dutch 145, after The Illustrated Bartsch 65. Good impression on thin laid paper with narrow margins. With a good watermark.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) - Ceres and Persephone
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) - Ceres and Persephone

    Est: €380 - €460

    Ceres, half-length, holding a scythe and cornucopia accompanied by Persephone, a young girl, holding up a bouquet of flowers; oval design with in the corners dragons and loaves of bread below. Engraving made by Hendrik Goltzius around 1595. In the margin two lines of text "Jam fastidita ... Dee." by "C.Schoneus". At right "C.S." Numbered in lower left corner "3". Part from his series Bacchus, Venus and Cupid and Ceres.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius - The Masterpieces, Adoration of the Magi - 1594
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrik Goltzius - The Masterpieces, Adoration of the Magi - 1594

    Est: €1,400 - €2,200

    This is one of a series of six plates showing 'Masterpieces' depicting the Life of the Virgin engraved by Hendrick Goltzius (New Hollstein 8-13). Each time he created a large format work follwing the technique of one of the greatest masters in the field to show his genius. Here a piece in the burin manner of Lucas van Leyden: The Adoration of the Magi. One of the Magi kneeling before the Christ child and opening the lid to a casket containing gold coins, the two other magi standing by at right holding their precious gifts with their entourage nearby, a cityscape in background. This is a second state before number; the first state before the lettering is not on the market. This here is an early impression printed on laid paper with an early watermark, quite similar to Meder watermark 212 'Baslerstab mit drei kugeln' dating from 1567-1591.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius - St James the Less - 1589
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrik Goltzius - St James the Less - 1589

    Est: €160 - €240

    From the series of Christ and the Twelve Apostles and Paul: St James the Less. Half-length, looking downwards and reading the Scriptures; third state with double numbers. Complete with text lines. Engraved in 1589 by Hendrik Goltzius himself. Published mid to second half 17th century by Frederik de Wit (1629-1706).

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius - St Peter - 1589
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrik Goltzius - St Peter - 1589

    Est: €160 - €240

    From the series of Christ and the Twelve Apostles and Paul: St Peter. Half-length and turned to right, hands clasped in prayer, two crossed keys and a book (Scriptures) in front of him. Signed and dated in lower left corner: in lower left corner: "HGoltzius inuen / et sculptor A.o 1589". Complete with text line and the double number. Engraved in 1589 by Hendrik Goltzius himself. Published mid to second half 17th century with the publishers address of Frederik de Wit (1629-1706).

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius - St Philip - 1589
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrik Goltzius - St Philip - 1589

    Est: €180 - €260

    From the series of Christ and the Twelve Apostles and Paul: St Philip. Half-length, corpulent and holding a crozier. Signed with monogram HG bottom left in the image. Complete with text line and the double number. Engraved in 1589 by Hendrik Goltzius himself.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius - Christ before Caiaphas - 1597
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrik Goltzius - Christ before Caiaphas - 1597

    Est: €240 - €360

    Christ before Caiaphas; a serene Christ stands before the high priest, standing at left, between two torch-bearers; in the distance are the towers of buildings and a starry night sky, with monogram and date in lower right: "A.o 97 / HG". Engraving made by: Hendrik Goltzius in 1597 for his famous passion series.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius - The Last Supper - 1597
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrik Goltzius - The Last Supper - 1597

    Est: €280 - €380

    The Last Supper; Christ is seated at a table with his apostles; He holds two pieces of bread and St John dozes at His side; a servant bears a large plate of food and is about to descend some steps at right; beyond is a view of a large fortified building. With monogram and privilege below: "HG Cum privil Sa. Cæ M.". Dated on a plaque "1598". With a dedication above in a cartouche from Goltzius to Cardinal Federigo Borromeo, archbishop of Milan. Engraving made by: Hendrik Goltzius in 1598 for his famous passion series.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius, Landscape with the sitting couple.
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrick Goltzius, Landscape with the sitting couple.

    Est: €2,800 - €4,600

    Rare chiaroscuro woodcut: Landscape with the sitting couple made by Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) ca 1597-1600. Printed on blue laid paper. From the rare series of 4 landscapes. References: Hollstein Dutch 379-1(2) first state of two, The Illustrated Bartsch 243-1(2). Good dark early impression of this rare chiaroscuro woodcut, printed on thin laid bleu paper with narrow margins, woodcut complete.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrick Goltzius - Portrait of Philips Galle - 1582
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrick Goltzius - Portrait of Philips Galle - 1582

    Est: €460 - €680

    Portrait of Philips Galle, half-length directed to right, standing before a table with his hand on a rolled print, a burin and a copper-plate on the table in lower right, a landscape beyond. Philips Galle is the famous engraver and print publisher from Antwerp. Philips Galle (1537-1612) commissioned Goltzius (1558-1617) as an engraver for his prints (Lucretia set and other...) until Goltzius established his own publishing house in Haarlem in 1582. This might be a tribute to his former patron. He shows a realistic portrait of a successful businessman who looks straight towards the viewer with confidence, but Goltzius , like no other, succeeded also to grab the sensitivity of the gaze of the sitter, and make his soul visible. Third state with the verses, and with the extra text line added after the death of Philips galle in 1612.

    Old Master Print
  • Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) - The Frisan Horse
    Dec. 12, 2024

    Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) - The Frisan Horse

    Est: €380 - €440

    Phyrso, A Frisian horse, walking with a river landscape in the background. Splendid engraving, attributed to Hendrick Goltzius after design by Jan van der Straet. A first state on three. In the textline at left "Jo. Strada.inue. /P.Galleus.excu.". From a series of forty horses from the stable of Don John of Austria. The series was begun by Hieronymus Wierix, Hendrick Goltzius engraved some five plates for this series, being the most spectacular ones. This plate is unsigned but attrbuted to Hendrick Goltzius.

    Old Master Print
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