Discordia: The Bad Household
Maker
After
(artist)
1532-1603
(printmaker)
1565-1637
(publisher)
1600-1676
(artist)
1532-1603
(printmaker)
1565-1637
(publisher)
1600-1676
Title
Discordia: The Bad Household
Date of Production
1589
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 24 cm
Width: 24 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2724
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
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper centre, within image: “DISCORDIA. //”; lower left, within image: “M. de Vos figurauit //”; lower right, within image: “CriSp. vande PaSs Sculp. et excud. A. 1589 //”; lower margin: “Melior est buccella sicca cum gaudio / Quam domus plena victimis cum iurgio / De peu vault mieux La JouiSsance / Que par meSure Ou Ltrecuidance / Ein Mundtll beSser iSt mit freijdt / Dan vberfluSS mit zorn vnd leijdt / Prouerb. 17.a. [illegible] . / BELLI SED RABIES, QVICQVID PAX ALMA MINISTRAT. DIRIPIT, INVERTIT. CVNCTAQVE CAEDE REPLET. //”.
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