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Thalia (The Muse of Comedy and Pastoral Poetry), Plate 2

Thalia (The Muse of Comedy and Pastoral Poetry), Plate 2

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Thalia (The Muse of Comedy and Pastoral Poetry), Plate 2
ArtistDutch, 1558–1617
CultureDutch
Titles
  • Thalia (The Muse of Comedy and Pastoral Poetry), Plate 2
  • from the series The Nine Muses
Date1592
MediumEngraving on laid paper, state II/V
DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (24.8 × 16.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the members of the Prints and Drawings Subcommittee in memory of Dr. Marjorie G. Horning and the Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning Print Fund
Object number2020.54.2
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance[Kupferstichsammlung Loening [Lugt 4807]; Private Collection; [Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, LLC, as of 2019-2020]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition History"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dec. 14,2022-June 22, 2023 [First Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Dated, numbered and lettered in ink, in plate, bottom: 2 / HG Fecit.
Recto: Inscribed in ink, lower margin: Quid soccos humiles deceat lasciua Thalia / ... tenuis Comedia ludit. / F.E.
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left: 2579 [encircled]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right: B147
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom left: EF / 101/ B
Verso: Collection Stamp in blue ink, bottom center: Kupferstichsammlung Loening [encircled] [Lugt 4807]

Verso: Watermark, bottom center: Crowned shield with fleur-de-lis [partial]
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 146-154; Hollstein 148-156; New Hollstein 129 II/IV; 130-131, 133, 135-136 II/III; 132, 134, 137 I/II (first edition published by Goltzius; four subsequent editions are listed)

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