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Melpomene (from The Nine Muses series, 3rd of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 25 x 16.6 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 20.4 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 20.4 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1710
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 148; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 150; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part I) 131 (III/III)
State
III/III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HG. Fecit.
Marks
No watermark; verso: MFA Babcock Bequest stamp, with accession number in ink: 1710; in graphite: Melpomene/B. 148; in graphite: S 26
InscriptionsInscribed in lower margin: Melpomene ostendit numeros qucis cena Thyeste,/Prognes olla quibus, quibus Oetheiq dolores/Et lachryme Electre, et meste lameta Eryphiles,/Describi Tragico possent instructa cotherno,/F.E/64
ProvenanceBequest of William Perkins Babcock (1826-1899, Boston)