Hero and Leander

Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)

Maarten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498–1574)

1569

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 17.3 × 32.7 cm (6 13/16 × 12 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 27.3 × 37.2 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)

Credit LineStephen Bullard Memorial Fund

Accession number2022.66

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ClassificationsPrints

InscriptionsIn plate, at lower left: Martinus Heemskerck. Inventor. In plate, at lower left: Philippus Galle fecit. In plate, at lower center: Sestiados faculam observans Laeander amatae | Iactat in Irato brachia lassa freto.

ProvenanceJanuary 1997, sold by Helmut Rumbler (dealer), Frankfurt, to the Hearn Family Trust, New York; consigned by the Hearn Family Trust to Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York; 2022, sold by Susan Schulman Fine Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 2022)