Details
HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (1558-1617)
Bust of a Man facing left
engraving, 1580, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine impression
Plate & Sheet 68 x 51 mm.
Literature
Bartsch 200; Strauss137; New Hollstein 273
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This sitter of this elegant little portrait, aged 32 at the time Goltzius engraved it in 1580, has not been identified. The Latin motto MODERATA DURANT is from Seneca and means 'things used in moderation endure'.
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