Publius Horatius, Hendrick Goltzius, 1586

Title(s)

Publius Horatius
De Romeinse helden (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

1/8

Object number

RP-P-1884-A-8282

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 96-2(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 162-2(2)
• New Hollstein Dutch 164-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Hendrick Goltzius (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Hendrick Goltzius
• Franco Estius (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Hendrick Goltzius

Place

Haarlem

Dating

1586

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 369 mm × width 231 mm

What

• two Horatii being killed, the surviving brother defeats the three Curiatii one by one

Acquisition

purchase 1884

Copyright

Public domain

• Hendrick Goltzius, dl. I, p. 274, cat.nr. 164
• Netherlandish artists, Walter L. Strauss, p. 89-91, cat.nr. 96-2