“SCIENTIA”
date: label: date made
content: ca 1595-1607
notes: label: Description
content: In this engraving, Scientia (representing wisdom) appears as a seated woman in flowing garb, with a tablet on her lap and a pair of dividers in her hand. The “H. G.” monogram in the lower left is that of Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), the prolific and accomplished Dutch engraver, print publisher, draftsman and painter who created the image, probably after his trip to Rome in 1590. Jan Saenredam (1565-1607), an engraver who worked in Goltzius’ studio, probably engraved the plate. Similar images from the same set represent two other virtues: diligence and patience.
label: Description
content: Ref: Huigen Leeflang, et al., <i>Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings</i> (Zwolle: Waanders, 2003), vol. 3, pp. 195-196, 200-201.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands: North Holland, Haarlem
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Prints from the Physical Sciences Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.329965
label: catalog number
content: 329965
label: accession number
content: 286289
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in; 29.845 cm x 23.495 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 19 1/4 in x 1 in; 63.5 cm x 48.895 cm x 2.54 cm