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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 x 16.7 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.7 x 17.4 cm (10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.7 x 17.4 cm (10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Milmine
Accession Number53.2400
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 gecit.
Marks
Watermark: [two lines of words - a later impression?]; recto, lower right: F.E 68; verso, collector's stamp[?] in purple: CON_F; in graphite: Base/[?]/10oo
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
ProvenanceMrs. Charles E. Milmine, Lakeville, Connecticut; 1953, her gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1953)