Author: Jacob de Gheyn II (1565-1629), after Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617)
Title: [Antique print, engraving] The Holy Family beneath a canopy/De Heilige familie onder een luifel, published ca. 1596.
Description: The Holy Family with St. John as a child beneath a canopy.Inscribed in Latin at bottom: Nascitur his ambobus amor nascentibus annis Cum crescent anni denique crescet amor.; with the address of Goltzius: H. Goltius. and within the representation, on the bottom left corner: IDGheyn ex. with IDG monogrammed.This engraving was probably realized during the period of de Gheyn in Leiden. Engraving on paper, with some margins; plate mark: 258 x 184 mm, total: 278 x 195 mm, state I/2; top left corner missing, tiny rust stain above the head of St. Joseph, restored tear, some discoloration, somewhat exhausted impression. Hollstein 53.

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