Hendrick GoltziusDutch, 1558–1617Triomfwagen van de Oorlog
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Where is “Triomfwagen van de Oorlog” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Allegorie op de oorzaken en gevolgen van de oorlog. De personificatie van de Oorlog (Bellum) rijdt op een zegewagen getrokken door vier paarden, vooraan een stoet van personificaties van zaken die voorafgaan aan het uitbreken van de oorlog. Van boven uit de bergen komt een stoet met helden en beroemde legeraanvoerders uit het Oude Testament. Links het land en de zee geteisterd door oorlog. In de wolken de personificatie van de overwinning (Victoria) met een lauwerkrans. In de cartouche linksboven een Latijnse tekst.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1893-A-17819
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Hendrick Goltzius
The whole life1577
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.
