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Pygmalion and Galatea
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
Published by: Robert Willemsz de Baudous (Netherlandish, about 1575–about 1644)
Published by: Robert Willemsz de Baudous (Netherlandish, about 1575–about 1644)
1593
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 32.6 x 21.6 cm (12 13/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7237
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 138 (III); Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 158 (III); Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltius, part I) 157 (III/IV)
State
III
Signed
Signed and dated lower right: Anno. 1593./HGoltzius. Inuet et Sculp.
Marks
Watermark: fleur-de-lis; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7237 [Lugt 1870]; in red pencil: 18
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, above date: R. Baudous excu.; and in lower margin, left: Sulpsit ebur niueum quod virginis ora gerebat/Pygmalion, viue dixisses virginis ora.; right: Ipse opus author amans in imagine flagrat eburna,/Munere Acidalie cupido dein iuncta marita est./F.E. Stius.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)