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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
Platemark: 25.1 x 16.8 cm (9 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 28.2 x 20.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.2 x 20.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1713
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 (II/II)
State
II/II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HG. fecit.
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp, with accession number in ink: 1713; in graphite: S/26
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/67
ProvenanceBequest of William Perkins Babcock (1826-1899, Boston)