Juno (from the series Minerva, Venus, and Juno in the Clouds, third of three plates)

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Juno (from the series Minerva, Venus, and Juno in the Clouds, third of three plates)

Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
After: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Medium/Technique Engraving

Dimensions Sheet (hexagon): 20.7 × 15.1 cm (8 1/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession NumberB2598

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 296; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. 11) 208; Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish)

Signed Not signed

Marks No watermark; collector's signature in black ink: Ernest Devaulx/1855.; MFA Babcock Bequest stamp in purple ink with accession number in black ink: 2598; in graphite: 2 [f?]

InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin below image: Magna Jouis conius, sumi[with another m above] sorer Alti sonantis/Imperiis laxo, frenoq Sceptra meis. 3

Provenance1855, Ernest-Théophile Devaulx (b. 1831 - d. 1901; Lugt 670), Paris. William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 207 and 208), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)