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Jupiter and Europa (from the series The Loves of the Gods, 1st of 4 plates)

Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
After: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1590

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 24.1 × 17.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2596
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 156; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI, Matham) 233; Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish)
Signed Signature and inscription are trimmed off this impression
Marks Watermark [?: impression has been pasted down to a backing sheet]; verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp in purple ink with accession number in black ink: 2596; in graphite: 1/2/[?]
InscriptionsInscription in lower margin has been trimmed off this impression
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 207 and 208), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)