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The Deluge (from a series illustrating Ovid's Metaphorphoses)
about 1589
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 17.6 x 25.1 cm (6 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1721
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 041 (engravings after designs by Goltzius)
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Watermark: heart shaped shield with wings; verso, purple MFA Babcock Bequest stamp, with accession number in ink: 1721
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower margin, left: Deucalioëe fluctus quis nesciat vnde/Morti homines pecudes illa ruina dedit.; right: Tanta Iouis lesi tulit indignatio terris/Excidia, vna suo Pyrrha relicta viro est.; lower left: 11.
ProvenanceBefore 1899, William P. Babcok (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, his bequest to the MFA.