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Title page from the Trophaeum vitae solitariae, dedicated to Henry Caetano

Maker

(artist)
1532-1603

(printmaker)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1550-1600

Title

Title page from the Trophaeum vitae solitariae, dedicated to Henry Caetano

Date of Production

1598

Dimensions

Height: 17 cm
Width: 21.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2456

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto, upper margin: “Hinc opus, inde quies : medium tenuêre beati, Si vicêre hostes, sic placuêre Deo. / Tu quoquè sic animo Lector speculare, manuquè / Sic age, ni coelo digna trophaea cupis. //”; upper margin, recto, around bust atop sculpted column: “TROPHAEVM VITAE SOLITARIAE //”; lower, within image: “Cu gratia et priuilegio Summi Pontificis, et S. Caesar. Maiestat. ad Annos decem Raphael Sadeler sculpsit Venetÿs, 1598. Martin de Vos figur. //”; lower margin, inscription on both sides of coat-of-arms surmounted by cardinal’s hat: “ILLVSTRISSmo. ET REVERENDISSmo. D.D. HENRICO CAETANO S.R.E. / CARDINALI, ET CAMERARIO AMPLmo. / IOANN. ET RAPHAEL SADELERI FRATRES. //”.

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