Frederick de Vries, an apprentice of Hendrik Goltzius, is shown holding a dove aloft in one hand while throwing his leg over a large hunting dog, as if about to take a ride on it. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius.

  • Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.
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1723
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42265i
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Goltzius's dog stands in for the artist here, representing his function as faithful guardian and teacher of the boy. The dove held by the boy may signify his simplicity or innocence

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Rome : Carolum Losi, 1723.

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 33.7 x 25.4 cm

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Theodorico Frisio Pictori egregio apud Venetos amicitiae & filij absentis repraesentandi gratia D. D. ...Quid tabula haec capiat, fors non capis: en tibi ... HG The Latin verses in the lower margin by the poet and publisher Petrus Scriverius (1576-1660) state that simplicity seeks out and loves faithfulness: the simple, guileless boy is drawn to the faithful dog Lettering continues (lengthy Latin inscription)

References note

Clifford S. Ackley, Printmaking in the age of Rembrandt, Boston, p. 26
Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Würzburg 1982, vol.3, p. 34

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Wellcome Collection 42265i

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