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Pygmalion and Galatea

Pygmalion and Galatea

(Dutch, 1558–1617)
(Netherlandish, about 1575–about 1644)
1593
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 32.6 x 21.6 cm (12 13/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7237
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, above date: R. Baudous excu.; and in lower margin, left: Sulpsit ebur niueum quod virginis ora gerebat/Pygmalion, viue dixisses virginis ora.; right: Ipse opus author amans in imagine flagrat eburna,/Munere Acidalie cupido dein iuncta marita est./F.E. Stius.
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewell (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)