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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G8943
People
Frans Huys, Netherlandish (1522 - 1562)
After Frans Floris, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1519/20 - 1570 Antwerp)
Title
Apollo and the Muses
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/274539

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
32.2 x 41.8 cm (12 11/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, in box, upper left: MVSARVM INVENTA./ CLIO historiam./ THALIA plamtarum artem./ EVTERPE tibias./ MELPOMENE cantilenas./ TERPSICHORE tripndium./ ERATO nuptialia. POLYMNIA agriculturam. VRANIA astrologiam/ CALLIOPE poesim.
  • inscription: in plate, bottom, center: Franciscus Floris Inuen[to]r/ F.H. fecit
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Hier. Cock ex[cu]de[bat] 15[65?]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
W. 6, H. 99

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
Object Number
G8943
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986

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