Object number1938.1.59
Hugo Grotius
Date1631
Artist
Jacobus Houbraken
(Dutch, 1698-1780)
Artist
Michiel Jansz. van Miereveld
(Dutch, 1567-1641)
CultureDutch
MediumEngraving
DimensionsImage: 10 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (26.35 x 17.46 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (38.42 x 24.13 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (38.42 x 24.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. William Reed Thompson (Mary Thaw, class of 1877)
On View
Not on viewPeriod17th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned (in margin below door): J. Houbraken
InscribedInscribed (in margin below below door): narr't Origineel van M Mierevelt in't kabiner van den Heer President . van Papenbroek; (on top of frame): RVIT HORA; (at bottom of frame): AEtat. 48. Ao. 1631; (below): De Zon des Lants vert dus van Mierevelts penseel / Geschildert, toenze gaf haer schynse op't panneel; / Doch niet gelykze straelt op't heerlykste in onze oogen, / Maer met een dunne wolk van sterflykheit bet ogen. / Om Duitsch te spreken, dit's de Fenix HUIG de GROOT, Wien wyze Majesteit beschynt den Weereltkloot / Wie vraegt nu, wat Cessis of Delsos certyts zeide? / Een Delfsch Orakel melt meer wysheit dan die beide. / I.V. VONDEL
Exhibition History"Master Printmakers: Rembrandt and His Contemporaries," Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 9 April 1992 - 19 July 1992.
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Émile Bernard
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Culture: French
