Caption

Portrait of Grietgen Jansdr, the Artist's Wife, print, Portrait of (probably) Grietgen Jansdatter, wife of Hendrick Goltzius, at the age of 30. Only Grietgen's head, turned slightly to the right, is depicted. Edge lettering with motto in mirror image. Imprint of a (silver?) medallion., signature: 'HGoltzius fecit.', date: 'A 1580', edge inscription: 'In Mannen patience. Aetatis sua 30', printmaker: Hendrick Goltzius, Haarlem, 1580, paper, engraving, engraving in silver, height 42 mm x width 31 mm, Person, Margaretha Jansdatter, historical persons, A close-up black and white engraved portrait of a person shown from the shoulders up inside an oval frame, wearing a head covering with patterned fabric and a folded brim, a high ruffled collar with looped folds, and a patterned garment with vertical decorative elements; the face has detailed shading and fine linework showing the eyes, nose, mouth, and textured skin; concentric engraved lines fill the background inside the oval and the image sits on a textured pale paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A83_080

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.2Mb (6.9Mb) / 12.2in x 16.4in / 3645 x 4914 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Grietgen Jansdr Artist's Wife print Grietgen Jansdatter wife Hendrick Goltzius age 30 Grietgen's head turned slightly right depicted Edge lettering motto mirror image Imprint silver medallion signature HGoltzius fecit date 1580 edge inscription In Mannen patience Aetatis sua printmaker Haarlem paper engraving height 42 mm x width 31 mm Person Margaretha Jansdatter historical persons close-up black white engraved portrait person shown shoulders up inside oval frame wearing head covering patterned fabric folded brim high ruffled collar looped folds patterned garment vertical decorative elements face detailed shading fine linework showing eyes nose mouth textured skin concentric lines fill background inside oval image sits textured pale paper