Temperance

Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)

1600

Medium/TechniqueEngraving (copy in reverse)

DimensionsSheet (Diameter of the roundel): 9.6 × 9.5 cm (3 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession numberB2603

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InscriptionsInscribed in plate, around the circumference of the image: NEC MIHI DELICIAE GRATAE, NEC FOEDA VOLVPTAS : CONTEMNO LVXVM, VILI CONTENTA PARATV MDC

ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 207), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)