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Temperance (from a series of The Virtues series, one of seven plates)
Designed by: Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
Engraved by: Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
Engraved by: Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
1597
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 13.1 × 10 cm (5 3/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 14.3 × 10 cm (5 5/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 14.3 × 10 cm (5 5/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB2590.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 123; Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish, vol. 11) one of 256-262 I/V; Léna Widerkehr (New Hollstein)
State
I/V
Signed
Not signed
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA Babcock Bequest stamp in purple (Lugt 207), with accession number in ink: 2/2 / 2590
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower margin:Nec mihi delicie grate, nec fæda voluptas;/Contemno luxum, vili conyenta paratu.
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 207), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)