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Hendrik Goltzius (after)
The Daughters of Cecrops Opening the Casket Entrusted to Them by Minerva1590

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper, three draped women and a child with a serpent grouped around a large tree in a landscape, with Latin inscription below

Hendrik Goltzius (after), Hendrick Goltzius, The Daughters of Cecrops Opening the Casket Entrusted to Them by Minerva, 1590, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Graphic Arts Council Curatorial Discretionary Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hendrik Goltzius (after)
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
After
Hendrick Goltzius
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
Title
The Daughters of Cecrops Opening the Casket Entrusted to Them by Minerva
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1590
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (17.46 × 25.08 cm) Image: 6 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (17.46 × 24.77 cm)
Credit Line
Graphic Arts Council Curatorial Discretionary Fund
Accession Number
M.71.76.12
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.