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Centaur Family
Engraved by: Hans (Jan Baptist I) Collaert (Netherlandish, 1566–1628)
Designed by: Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
Published by: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Designed by: Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
Published by: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 20 x 26.6 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 22.7 x 29.1 cm (8 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 22.7 x 29.1 cm (8 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1035
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
At lower center: Ioann. Stradanus delineator./Ioann. Collaert Sculptor.; right of lower center: Phls Galle escudit.
Marks
Watermark: [unidentified]; verso, MFA Babcock stamp with accession number in ink: 1035
InscriptionsIn plate, in lower margin, lower left: Adzpice Zeuxis opus, quod fama erat aequore mersum,/Artifice salvum post mala fat manu.; lower right: Ingenia id nostri nam supplent daedala secli/Ingenio quod edax tempus et unda rapit.; lower right: 17
Provenance1900, bequest of William P. Babcock (1826-1899).