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Temperance
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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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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, around the circumference of the image: NEC MIHI DELICIAE GRATAE, NEC FOEDA VOLVPTAS : CONTEMNO LVXVM, VILI CONTENTA PARATV MDCProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899; Lugt 207), Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)