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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
Sheet: 24.7 x 16.8 cm (9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7247
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 (II/III)
State
II/III
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HGoltius Inuent. et Sculpt.
Marks
No watermark; verso, collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7247 [Lugt 1870]; in graphite: Urania [underlined]/over Astronomy [underlined]/ called mother of Linus & of the/god Hymenoeus,
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, within engraved border, lower left: 9; 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
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)