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Calliope (from The Nine Muses series, 1st of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.9 x 16.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7239
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 (III/V)
State
III/V
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HGoltzius Inuent.et sculptor.
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7241 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: said to be the mother of/Orpheus, by Apollo./alliope[underlined], daughter of/Jupiter & Mnemosyne, as were the other Musees./-over, eloquence & heroic poetry. [the last three words underlined]
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
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)