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Saturn (from The Planets series, 1st of 7 plates)

Engraved by: Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
After: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1597

Medium/Technique Engraving
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7313
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 149; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. 11) 226 II/II; Léna Widerkehr (New Hollstein)
Signed Signed in plate, in oval frame, lower left to right: HGoltzius Inue.; JMatham Sculpt. Joann. Janssonius exc.. Dated in plate, below figure of Saturn, lower center: A°. 1597.
Marks Recto, lower right: collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall, Lugt 1309]; verso, MFA Parker stamp (Lugt 1870), with accession number in black ink: 7313
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.