After Hendrik Goltzius 1558-1617

Engraving, circa 1617, by Jacob Matham, a very good impression of the third (final) state, on paper with an IHS watermark, with narrow margins, trimmed to platemark in upper left corner, a small backed paper loss at lower right edge just extending into platemark, a few repaired tears at edges (the longest measuring circa 30mm), thinly backed along extreme edges of sheet verso, other minor defects

According to Hirschmann, this engraving was made after a self-portrait by Goltzius left unfinished after his death (cf.: Otto Hirschmann, Verzeichnis des Graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius 1558-1617, Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1976, p.167). The face and the collar are comparable to the silverpoint drawing in the same direction by Goltzius dated 1615 in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin.