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Urania (from The Nine Muses series, 9th of 9 plates)
Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 25.1 x 16.6 cm (9 7/8 x 6 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 28 x 19.1 cm (11 x 7 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 28 x 19.1 cm (11 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberB1716
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 154; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VIII) 156; Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, Goltzius, part I) 137 (III/III)
State
III/III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HGoltius Inuent. et Sculpt.
Marks
No watermark; verso, in graphite; J26; MFA Babcock stamp with accession number in ink; in graphite: Urania/B.154
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in lower margin, left: Vranie celi motus, et Sydera monstrat,/Quid Fonis, et placide promittat Cypridos astrum; right: Quid portendat Hyas, et quid nimbosus Orion,/ Feraliq coma signum ferale Cometes.; lower right: F E 70