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Perseus and Andromeda
1597
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 26.6 × 37.2 cm (10 1/2 × 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7321
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 162; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI, Matham) 212 I/III; Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish)
State
I/III
Signed
Signed and dated in plate, within engraved borderline, lower left: A°. 1597. Cum privil. Sa. Cæ. M.; lower right: HGoltzius Inuent. I.Matham Sculp.
Marks
Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); recto, in graphite, lower right: [?]; verso, collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall, Lugt 1309]; MFA Parker stamp (Lugt 1870), with accession number in black ink: 7321; in graphite: 366/3; [two othe inscriptions in graphite, not transcribed]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin below engraved border, lower left: Andromade ceto miserè devota marino,/Saposis scopulus, et duris cautibus heret:; lower center: Quam sibi mox Perseus audens se credere cælo,/Ereptam monstro, Sociah fædere iungit.; lower right: C. Schoneus.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)