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| Hendrick Goltzius Evening ca. 1595-9 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
Say what slim youth, with moist perfumes
Bedaub'd, now courts thy fond embrace,
There, where the frequent rose-tree blooms,
And makes the grot so sweet a place?
Pyrrha, for whom with such an air
Do you bind back your golden hair?
So seeming in your cleanly vest,
Whose plainness is the pink of taste –
Alas! how oft shall he protest
Against his confidence misplac't,
And love's inconstant pow'rs deplore,
And wondrous winds, which, as they roar,
Throw black upon the alter'd scene –
Who now so well himself deceives,
And thee all sunshine, all serene
For want of better skill believes,
And for this pleasure has presag'd
Thee ever dear and disengag'd.
Wretched are all within thy snares,
The inexperienc'd and the young!
For me the temple witness bears
Where I my drooping weed have hung,
And left my votive chart behind
To him that rules both wave and wind.
– from the Fifth Ode of Horace, translated by Christopher Smart in 1767
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| Hendrik Goltzius Lot and his Daughters Leaving Sodom ca. 1582 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Pygmalion and Galatea 1593 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Perseus and Andromeda 1597 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Mercury and Argus ca. 1585 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Fortitude 1597 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Justice 1587 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrick Goltzius Faith 1597 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Charity 1597 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Temperance 1587 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Prudence 1597 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Hope 1597 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius The Three Fates 1587 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Venus and Cupid 1590 engraving Princeton University Art Museum |
I am grateful for the excellent images made available by Princeton University Art Museum.