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Clio (from The Nine Muses series, 4th of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 25 x 16.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.9 x 20.5 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.9 x 20.5 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1711
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 149; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 151; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part I) 132 (II/II)
State
II/II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HG. fecit.
Marks
Verso: MFA Babcock Bequest stamp, with accession number in ink: 1711; in graphite: Clio/B. 149./S/26
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, left of center, within engraved border: 4; in lower margin: Gesta ducum, Regumq canit Parnassia Cleo,/Historicis mandatq modis, et fortia facta/Heroum nè tempus edax, nè conterat etas/Inuidiosa cauet, longumq extentit in Æuum./F.E./65
ProvenanceBequest of William Perkins Babcock (1826-1899, Boston)