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Euterpe (from The Nine Muses series, 6th of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.5 x 16.6 cm (9 5/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7244
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 151; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 153; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part I) 134 (I/II)
State
I/II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HG . fecit .
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7244 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: Euterpe [underlined]/over Music [underlined] & reckoned/the inventress
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin: Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat,/Et quo cantari consuerunt Pythia versu;/Illa Aganippeos colles, saltusq peragrat,/Concentu dulcis, doctoq' Mathemate clara./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)