The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Design for a Dish or Tazza, called 'Neptune's Kingdom'

Design for a Dish or Tazza, called 'Neptune's Kingdom'

Engraver:: Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
Publisher:: Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem)
Date:: 1587
Medium:: Engraving; second state
Dimensions:: Plate: 9 13/16 x 9 15/16 in. (25 x 25.2 cm) [diameter]
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number:: 49.36.1

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Description

Round design for a dish or a tazza. In a central compartment Neptune is depicted with four horses and a large shell. In the wide frieze surrounding the compartment sea gods and hybrid sea creatures are depicted together with putti and dolphins. The design is characterized by a strong, muscly rendering of the figures in a dynamic composition.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: Gulelmus Telrho invet; HGoltzius excud. [H and G as monogram]; Iacques de Gheyn Sculp.

Inscription: 'Gulelmus Telrho inuet'; 'HGoltzius excud.' [H and G as monogram]; 'an.o 1587. Iacques de Gheyn Sculp.'
Provenance

Vendor: L'Art Ancien
Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein VII 190.433; New Hollstein (Gheyn) 210.141
See also
Who
Hendrick Goltzius (255)

Jacques de Gheyn II (46)

Willem Danielsz Tetrode (2)
What
Prints (65,206)

Engraving (17,386)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Netherlands (7,362)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
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Low Countries, 1400–1600 A.D.