GOLTZIUS, Hendrik, Dutch painter and engraver: b. Miilebrecht, duchy'of jfilich, 1558; d. Haarlem, 29 Dec. 1616. He came of a family of artists. He was taught to paint on glass by his father and his work as a steel engraver was begun under Coornheert, whose limited ability Goltzius soon surpassed. He later worked with Philip Gale, engraving for him a set of prints of the history of Lucretia. In 1590 he traveled in Germany and Italy, and conceived an intense admiration for Michel angelo, whom he imitated rather unsuccessfully. While some of his paintings are in the imperial collection at Vienna, none of them add greatly to his reputation, which is firmly established by his engravings. His portraits are chiefly miniatures and are considered very fine, and he executed an exceptionally good portrait of him self. His skilful use of the burin is ranked with that of Diirer, but he lacked a fine ar tistic. appreciation. Nevertheless, his skill of technique and the free, beautiful lines of his work counterbalance other defects. Excellent examples of his engravings after the masters are afforded by his copies of Raphael's 'An nunciation' ; Pa rmeggiano's Visitation' Bassano's 'Adoration of the Shepherds' ; Ba roccio's 'Holy ; Lucas van Leiden's 'Adoration of the Kings' ; and Diirer's 'Cir cumcision) More than 300 of his engravings are in existence, and are catalogued in Bartsch's i and in Weigel's supplement to that work.
GOLUBOVICH, Girolamo, Illyrian clergyman and author: b. Dalmatia, 7 Feb. 1865. He was educated at the Franciscan Convent, Jerusalem, entered the Franciscan Order in 1879 and was ordained to the priest hood in 1888. In •1888-89 he was librarian of the Franciscan Convent, Jerusalem, and from 1889 to 1895 he was engaged in missionary and parochial work at Larnaca and Limassol, Cy prus. In 1895 Cardinal Ledochowski conferred on him the title of missionary apostolic. He was successively professor of rhetoric, at the Franciscan Lyceum, Aleppo, Syria, and miss sionary to the Greeks, Slays and Italians of Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt, in 1895-96.
In 1902-04 he was vicar of the mission of Constantinople. He was appointed in 1898 his torian of the Franciscan Mission of the Holy Land and in this capacity visited the libraries of Italy, Austria, Belgium, France and England, to collect and edit many rare documents. He was one of the editors of the, works of Alex ander of Hales and Bartholomew of Pisa 1904- 07; and director of the 'Archivum francis canum historicum' in 1907-08. After 1909 he was stationed at Florence. He has published 'Serie Cronologica dei Reverendissimi Su periori di Terra Santa> (1898) ; trattato di Terra Santa e dell' Oriente di frate Fran cesco (1900) ; (Ichnographie Locorum et monumentorum veterum Terre Sancta, ac curate dilineate et descripte a P. Elzeario Horn> (1902) ; 'Bibliotheca Bio-bibliographica della Terra Santa e dell' Oriente Francescano) (2 vols., 1906; 1913). He contributed to 'The C,atholic Encyclopedia,) the Archivo storico italiano Missioni francescane; La Verna, etc.
GoMARA, Francisco Lopez de, Spanish historian: b. Seville, 1510; d. 1560. He was professor of rhetoric at the University of Alcali, took holy orders and afterward be came secretary and chaplain to Hernando Cortez. He is reputed to have accompanied Cortez to America, but verification of this is lacking. He wrote one of the earliest his tories of America, but as a historian he is notable rather for his easy, graceful style than for authenticity. He wrote 'Historia general de las Indias con la conquista de Mexico y de la Neuva Espafia> (2 vols., 1552-53). A modern edition, with a biography of the writer, is in cluded in (Biblioteca de autores espalioles> (Vol. XXII, Madrid 1884).