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Helmeted Musketeer, from "Officers and Soldiers"

Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish
After Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish
Publisher Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish
1587
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Helmeted Musketeer, from "Officers and Soldiers"
  • Series/Portfolio: Officers and Soldiers
  • Artist: Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565–1629 The Hague)
  • Artist: After Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem)
  • Publisher: Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem)
  • Published in: Haarlem
  • Date: 1587
  • Medium: Engraving; first state of two (New Hollstein)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 3/16 in. (21.6 × 15.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.4983
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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