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Erato (from The Nine Muses series, 7th of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 25.1 x 16.7 cm (9 7/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.9 x 20.5 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.9 x 20.5 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1714
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 152; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 154; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part I) 135 (III/III)
State
III/III
Signed
Signed in plate, left of lower center: HG fecit.
Marks
No watermark; verso, Babcock Bequest stamp with accession number in ink: 1714; in graphite: Erato/B. 152; s/26
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin: Nomen amoris habens cultrix Permessidos vnde,/Leta Erato, et grato permulcens Phocida cantu,/Hec radio certo totum diseriminat orbem,/Euriq', zephyriq plagas, Boreq', Nothiq'/F.E68
ProvenanceBequest of William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston, to the MFA