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Pieta

Maker

(engraver)
1558-1617

(artist)
1558-1617

Title

Pieta

Date of Production

1596

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 12.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1978.PG.84

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Label Text

Inspired by Michelangelo's sculpture of the same subject, the muscular body of Christ, draped across the lap of the grieving Virgin, reflects Goltzius's admiration for the Italian artist, whose works he encountered on a tour of Italy in 1590. The
precise, almost brittle quality of the engraved line reflects the influence of the earlier master Albrecht Dürer. However, the dazzling decorative patterns formed by the closely packed lines defining the figures’ haloes are more typical of Goltzius than of his predecessor.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014

Inscriptions

Inscription: Mount (removed): Recto: lower centre, typed: "B. 41, Hirschmann 50 II. / HENDRICK GOLTZIUS"

Label: Mount (removed): Verso: upper left, stamped in blue ink: Export stamp showing eagle within a triangle and wording: "von der zentralstelle für denkmalschutz zur ausfuhr freigegeben"

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