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Calliope (from The Nine Muses series, 1st of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 25 x 16.5 cm (9 13/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 28.8 x 21.3 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 28.8 x 21.3 cm (11 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1708
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 146; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 148; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part I) 129 (V/V)
State
V/V
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HGoltzius Inuent.et sculptor.
Marks
No watermark; verso: MFA Babcock Bequest stamp, with accession number in ink: 1708; in graphite: S 26; Calliope; Dutuit IV. 428.146-54./1st state.;The muses/series of 9 plates./B III.45.146-54.
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, dated lower left: A° 1592.; right of center: I.; on scroll, lower center: Ioanni Sadelero Serenis. mi Ducis Bauarie/Chlcoggrapho, amico vnice dilecto, Nouem/hasce Musas HGoltzius amicitie ergo D.D; in lower margin: Prima characteres, vocumq elementa notanit,/Quoq Deûm laudes, et quo prelustria facta/Congruat Heroum describere carmine, prima/Calliope edicuit Clary celeberrima cetus./F.Estius; 62
ProvenanceBequest of William Perkins Babcock (1826-1899, Boston)