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The Standard Bearer, Turned to Left

The Standard Bearer, Turned to Left

1587
(Dutch, 1558–1617)
Netherlands, 16th century
engraving
Sheet: 27.9 x 18.9 cm (11 x 7 7/16 in.); Image: 26.8 x 18.7 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1996.364
Catalogue raisonné: New Hollstein 288; Hollstein 255 (VIII)
Location: not on view

Description

Around 1587 Goltzius drew designs for 12 prints depicting officers and soldiers in landscape settings, which were engraved by his pupil Jacques de Gheyn II. Goltzius himself engraved a related pair of prints, The Captain of Infantry and The Great Standard Bearer. A central figure in the army and civic guard, the standard bearer marked the position of the captain. At this time, the Netherlands were trying to oust their Spanish rulers and these prints were conceived as flamboyant expressions of military pride.
  • Lisa and Leonard Baskin
    unknown collector's stamp, not in Lugt, verso, lower left, in blue ink, NJL [in monogram] . Lisa and Leonard Baskin (1922-), Leeds, Massachusetts, script, verso, lower center, in pen and black ink and stamp (pomegranate), verso, lower left, in brown ink.
  • Watkins, Catherine Bailey. Rembrandt's 1654 Life of Christ Prints: Experimentation, Tradition, and the Question of Series. 2011. Reproduced: P. 193, fig. 41
  • From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
    Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
  • {{cite web|title=The Standard Bearer, Turned to Left|url=false|author=Hendrick Goltzius|year=1587|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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