Allegory of the Salvation of Mankind
Maker
(artist)
1555/1559-1604 (Life dates)
(engraver)
1555/1559-1604 (Life dates)
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
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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