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Philips Galle
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1582
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 22.5 x 14.6 cm (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 23 x 15 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 23 x 15 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number65.953
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 170; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 190 (II); Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish,Goltzius, part II) 223 (II/III)
State
II/III
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, at lower left: Henricus / Goltzius fecit / 1582
Marks
No watermark; recto, in brown ink, in an old hand: [?] Galle; verso, in graphite: c3304; 4; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 65.953
InscriptionsIn plate, below image: In ære, Lector, ora scalpta guæ vides,/ Imaginem esse Gallionis ut scias; / Meo, aut alius indice haud opus tibi: / Modo ante visus ille vel semel tibi./O erudita lima, o artifex manus, / Beata Gallione Goltzy manus, / Beata Gallionis ora Goltzio. [flourish]
ProvenanceGiuseppe Vallardi (b. 1784 - d. 1863; Lugt 1223), Milan. P. & D. Colgnaghi & Co. (dealers), London; 1965, sold by Colnaghi to the MFA for £35. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)