Italia, with Venus and Apollo
Maker
(artist)
1552-1615
(engraver)
(publisher)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
1527-1598
1552-1615
(engraver)
(publisher)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
1527-1598
Title
Italia, with Venus and Apollo
Date of Production
1588-1595
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm
Width: 26 cm
Width: 26 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3191
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: "I T A L I A."; lower centre edge within image, black ink: "Clariss: et Doctiss: viro Abrahamo Ortelio, Geographo // Regio, QVATVOR EVROPAE NATIONES, Joannes // et Raphael Sadelerij authores, obseruant: ergo dedic."; lower centre edge within image, black ink: "Cu[m] priv: S. Caes: M: // Ioan: Sadeler sc: // J. ab Ach fig."; lower centre edge, black ink: "Me beat ingenium, pietas, ioca, suada, salesque; // Et quicquid pulchri pulcher Apollo docet. // Singula dant relique, mihi fert vna o[m]nia tellus, // Arma, viros, palmas, oemula tecta polo. // Orbis ego sum pulchra parens, oculusque Europae: // Una Venus cunctas contineo Veneres."; lower centre edge, black print: "JOHANN von Aachen".
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