PrintsDutch16th century

Giovanni de' Medici Defeated

c. 1578

Artists

Hendrick GoltziusArtist

Jan van der StraetArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 21.9 × 29.4 cm (8 5/8 × 11 9/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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