"Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat ..." ("Euterpe the genial reeds and flute honor …") / Hendrik Goltzius [artwork]
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- Title
- "Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat ..." ("Euterpe the genial reeds and flute honor …") [artwork]
- Artist
- Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617
- Date Created
- 1592
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches (24.2 x 16.2 cm.)
- Artist nationality
- Dutch
- Artist role
- draughtsman, engraver, print publisher, and painter
- Inscription
- Recto: l. l.: 6; l .r.: HG . fecit . (HG is overlapped); bottom center: (beneath image, in Latin) Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat, / Et quo cantari consuerunt Pythia versu; / Flla Aganippeos colles, Saltusque peragrat, / Concentu dulcis, doctoque Mathemate clar[a.]; verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/170
- Medium
- Engraving.
- Condition
- Good condition. Trimmed a bit roughly just inside plate impression. Lower right corner missing. Loss also upper left corner.
- Provenance
- Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, 23 Mar. 1925.
- Instrument
- Flute, Shawm
- Century
- 16th century
- Subjects
- Classical/Mythological
- Musician - Single player
- Miller category
- Works of art - - Early Subjects
- Miller ID
- 0061/K
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014