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Terpsichore (from The Nine Muses series, 6th of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 24.8 x 16.8 cm (9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 25.1 x 17 cm (9 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.1 x 17 cm (9 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7243
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 (II/III)
State
II/III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HG fe
Marks
Verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7243 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: Tersichore[underlined]/over Dancing[underlined] reckoned/the inventress.
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, left of signature, above within engraved border: 5; 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.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)