Hendrick Goltzius
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
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
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Object Type
Provenance[Kupferstichsammlung Loening [Lugt 4807]; Private Collection; [Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, LLC, as of 2019-2020]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
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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