Hispania, with Juno and Mars
Maker
(artist)
1552-1615
(engraver)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
1552-1615
(engraver)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
Title
Hispania, with Juno and Mars
Date of Production
1588-1595
Dimensions
Height: 22.6 cm
Width: 26.3 cm
Width: 26.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3189
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 edge, black ink: "H I S P A N I A."; lower left corner within image, black ink: "AMERICA // peru // Brasil // Terra Australis"; lower centre edge within image, black ink: "; lower centre edge, black ink: "R. S. Scalp: excud: Monachij cu[m] priv: S. Caes: Maiest: // Joan: ab Ach figur."; lower centre edge, black ink: "Regna tot una rego, quot caetera Numina ge[n]tes: // Et cum possideam plurima, plura peto. // Sed peto regna soli Coelestibus addere regnis, // Hu[n]c mihi Mars, huc ars, huc referu[n]tur opes. // Sydera me nigros duxere per equor ad Indos, // Quos ego nunc superis infero syderibus."; lower centre edge, black print: "JOHANN von Aachen".
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