Hendrick GoltziusNiederlande, 1558–1617Zelfmoord van Lucretia
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Wo ist „Zelfmoord van Lucretia“ heute? Sammlung: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam. Unbekannt.
Amsterdam, Niederlande
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Lucretia steekt zich in haar slaapkamer in het bijzijn van een aantal mannen in de borst met een dolk. Onder de voorstelling zes regels Latijn. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van vier prenten die de geschiedenis van Lucretia verbeelden.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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- Inventarnummer
- RP-P-OB-10.088
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- Bild: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
Im Leben von Hendrick Goltzius
Das ganze Leben1577
Move to Haarlem
He followed Coornhert to Haarlem, where he remained for the rest of his life. There the publisher Philips Galle hired him to engrave a series of prints on the story of Lucretia; in the following years Goltzius engraved after the designs of other artists for Coornhert and for Antwerp publishers.
1577
Teacher: Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
1579
Marriage to a wealthy widow
At 21 he married a wealthy widow considerably older than himself. The "unequal marriage" gave him economic independence: he bought a house, opened his own engraving workshop, and two years later took on two apprentices.
1579–1587
Pupil: Jan Saenredam
1580
Beginning of his own publishing activity
He apparently began publishing prints on his own.
late 1580s
Depression and consumption
From the late 1580s he suffered from depression and consumption; his family life was unhappy.
