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Apollo and the Muses
Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
Designed by: Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519 or 1520–1570)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
Designed by: Frans Floris (Netherlandish, 1519 or 1520–1570)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
1565
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.2 x 42.5 cm (12 11/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number67.13
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. IX, Huys) 14, i; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VI, F. Floris) 99, i
State
I
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, lower center: Franciscus Floris Inuentor/F-H- fecit; on tablet, lower right: Hier./Cock/excu-/debat -/1565
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); MFA stamp with accession number in pencil: 67.13; unidentified collector's stamp [letters and numbers in a brown circle]; in pencil: c33244; 2[circled]; Apollo [?]/J. [?]; 1565 _ seltenes Haupt Lott .[?] Sternberg[?] 14 g[?]; [?]; F. HUYS H 14
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in box, upper left: MVSARVM INVENTA./CLIO historiam./THALIA plamtarú artem./EVTERPE tibias./MELPOMENE cantilenas/TERPSICHORE tripndium-/ERATO nuptialia/POLYMNIA agriculturant-/VRAIA astrologiam/CALLIOPE poesim-
Provenance1967, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd. (dealer), London, to the MFA for £60. (Accession Date: January 11, 1967)