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Terpsichore (from the Nine Muses series, 5th of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 25.1 x 16.7 cm (9 7/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 20.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 29 x 20.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1712
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 150; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 152; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part I) 133 (III/III)
State
III/III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HG fe
Marks
Verso: MFA Babcock Bequest stamp, with accession number in ink: 1713; in graphite: Terpsichore/B. 150.
InscriptionsInscribed in lower margin: Terpsichoren, cythara, et peramenis callida [interrupted by the bottom of the lyre breaking out of the frame]neruis/Testudo decorat; gaudet saltuq iocisz/Et blaudis modulis, et plectro exultat eburno, Affectusq mouet, tenerosq irritat amores./F.E./66
ProvenanceBequest of William Perkins Babcock (1826-1899, Boston)