PrintsDutch16th century

Death of the Foolish Litigant

c. 1576

Artists

Hendrick GoltziusArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 18.2 × 22.1 cm (7 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.) sheet: 24.8 × 32.7 cm (9 3/4 × 12 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Library of Rouche-Guyon. Album of multiple sets auctioned off, c. 2002, at Hotel Drouot, purchased by Proute

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