R2036: Euterpe

Identification and Creation

Object Number

R2036

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Euterpe

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Nine Muses

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1592

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/244196

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 24.9 × 16.8 cm (9 13/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: HG fe.
• inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, to right: HG[monogram]. fecit.
• inscription: in plate, in design area below foot: 6
• inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Euterpen calami, et genealis Tibia honestat, / Et quo cantari Pythia versu; // Illa Anganippeos colles, saltusq peragrat, / Concentu dulcis, doctoq Mathemate clara. / F. E.
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Randall Collection accession stamp (Lugt 2130)] 2036

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892. sister of John Witt Randall

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 134, Hollstein 153, Bartsch 151, Filedt Kok 90.6, The Illustrated Bartsch 0301.151

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

Object Number

R2036

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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