"Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat ..." ("Euterpe the genial reeds and flute honor …") / Hendrik Goltzius [artwork]:Image Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress

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"Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat ..." ("Euterpe the genial reeds and flute honor …") / Hendrik Goltzius [artwork]

"Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat ..." ("Euterpe the genial reeds and flute honor …") [artwork]

Title: "Euterpen calami, et genialis Tibia honestat ..." ("Euterpe the genial reeds and flute honor …") [artwork]
Artist: Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617
Genre: artwork
Date Created: 1592
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: 07-07-2010

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