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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
Sheet: 24.4 x 16.6 cm (9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7245
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 (II/III)
State
II/III
Signed
Signed in plate, left of lower center: HG fecit.
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: 7245 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: Erato. [underlined]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower center, above engraved border: .7.; in lower margin, below engraved border: 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. E.
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)