drawing
- Museum number
- 1854,1113.230
- Description
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Self-portrait of Hendrik Goltzius; head and shoulders turned slightly to right, looking to front, with long beard and moustache, wearing a soft collar and a cloak over the left shoulder. 1605
Silverpoint on yellow-prepared vellum
- Production date
- 1605
- Dimensions
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Height: 88 millimetres
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Width: 64 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Literature: E.J.K. Reznicek, 'Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius', Utrecht, 1961, cat.no.257; T. Schulting, 'Hendrick Goltzius en Cornelis Ketel: "hertsen vrienden"?', in Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 42/43 (1991-1992), p.469 and p.471, fig.326, note 66; G. Luijten, H. Leeflang, and N. Orenstein, 'Hendrick Goltzius: Drawings, Prints and Paintings' 2003, fig. 67; Lawrence W. Nichols, 'The Paintings of Hendrick Goltzius', Doornspijk, 2013, p.32, fig.8; An van Camp in 'Drawing in Silver and Gold: from Leonardo to Jasper Johns' Princeton and Oxford, 2015, p. 149, pl. 59; Joanna Russell, Judith Rayner and Jenny Bescoby, 'Northern European Metalpoint Drawings: technical examination and analysis', London, 2016, p. 43-50, 67.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2015 May-Jul, Washington, National Gallery of Art, 'Drawing in Silver and Gold'
2015 10 Sep-6 Dec, London, British Museum, 'Drawing in Silver and Gold'
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1854,1113.230
