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Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind

Maker

(artist)
1555/1559-1604 (Life dates)

(engraver)
1555/1559-1604 (Life dates)

Title

Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.1 cm
Width: 9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2841

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





















sun burst


Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: within the image, upper centre, in a cartouche, black ink: “AETERNVM BENE”; lower right, black ink: “AETERNVM MALE”; below the image, lower margin, black ink: “VNVM NECESSE EST AVT BENE AETERNVM AVT MALE. // En vt iacet moriturus: En cum bonis praemiandus, Tu qui haec, si sapis, // Heu: quam de se non sacurus Vel cum malis reprobandus Meliora cur non capis // Sudat, timet, angitur. Ad Tribunal rapitur: Hic si a parcitur? // Antonius Wierx fecit et excudit.”.

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