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Maker(s):Goltzius, Hendrik
Culture:Dutch (1558 - 1617)
Title:Nicholas de Deventer, Mathematician
Date Made:1593
Type:Print
Materials:engraving on paper
Place Made:Netherlands; Holland
Measurements:sheet: 10.3188 cm x 8.7313 cm; 4 1/16 in x 3 7/16 in; plate: 9.2075 cm x 7.9375 cm; 3 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in
Narrative Inscription:  monogrammed in plate at lower left corner: HG [entwined], inscribed and dated in plate across top image: L'homme propose, Et dieu dispose. Ao 1595
Accession Number:  SC 1992.25.1
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Charles Lincoln Taylor (Margaret Rand Goldthwait, class of 1921)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
half length portrait of man facing slightly to his left; holding onto sphere or globe; spheres also in each corner of picture; handwritten text at top of picture

Subjects:
Men; Portraits; Engraving; Science

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