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Polyhymnia (from The Nine Muses series, 8th of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 25 x 16.7 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.7 x 20.4 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.7 x 20.4 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1715
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 153; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 155; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part I) 135 (III/III)
State
III/III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HG fecit
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp, with accesion number in graphite; in graphite: Polymania/B. 153.
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin, left: Rethorice fontes, luculentaq verba ministrat/Ore manuq docens gestus formare decoros,; right: Hymnosq et Peana canens Polyhymnia letum,/Aonias inter minime postrema sorores.; lower right: F.E. 69