Hendrick Goltzius
Pygmalion and Galatea
1592
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 328 × 210 mm. (12 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Mount: 421 × 279 mm. (16 9/16 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12081
Ann Shafer, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "In the Artist's Studio: Works on Paper from the Collection," Sept 15, 2005 - Feb 27, 2005.
Elizabeth Rodini et al., The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Printed Sculpture/Sculpted Prints," 14 November 2007 - 23 March 2008, no. 18, p. 8.
Andaleeb Banta and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Shapeshifting: Transformations on Paper," May 8 - October 2, 2022.
BMA, Jacobs 5 rotation, January 10, 2024 -
Elizabeth Rodini et al., The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Printed Sculpture/Sculpted Prints," 14 November 2007 - 23 March 2008, no. 18, p. 8.
Andaleeb Banta and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Shapeshifting: Transformations on Paper," May 8 - October 2, 2022.
BMA, Jacobs 5 rotation, January 10, 2024 -
Ravi Binning, 'Relieving Career Anxieties," "Newsletter of the Print, Drawing & Photograph Society of the BMA," Fall 2007, Vol. XXV, No. 2, p. 10, ill.
Inscribed: across bottom in plate: "Ioannes Ianssonius Excu."; lower right in plate: "Anno 1593 / HGoltzius. Inuent. et Sculp."; across bottom in plate: "Sulpsit ebur niueum quod virginis ora gerebat / Pygmalion, vine dixises virginis ora. / Ipse opus author amans in imagine flagrat eburna / Munere Acidalie cupido dein iuncta marita est / FEst"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
