Allegory of Philosophy
Maker
(artist)
1634-1689
(engraver)
1639-1681
(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)
1634-1689
(engraver)
1639-1681
(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)
Title
Allegory of Philosophy
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 26.7 cm
Width: 37.8 cm
Width: 37.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.871
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
Collector's mark: None
Inscription: Recto: Lettered in image next to the Spinelli coat of arms, black ink: “Franciscus Spier incidit Cyrus Ferri Inven.”; in margin, black ink: “Ingenium sub specie cristati Iuuenis, cuius capti insidet Aquila dum Philosphia suadente, et docente menday anguem calcat, et sedendo fit sapiens rosas veritatum et spinis difficultatum a tribus//Philosophiae subditis facultatibus collectas et in coronam aliquando expectat.”; followed by a later address, black ink: “Dominicus de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templum S. Mariae de Pace cum Privil. Summi Pontificis”.
Inscription: Recto: Lettered in image next to the Spinelli coat of arms, black ink: “Franciscus Spier incidit Cyrus Ferri Inven.”; in margin, black ink: “Ingenium sub specie cristati Iuuenis, cuius capti insidet Aquila dum Philosphia suadente, et docente menday anguem calcat, et sedendo fit sapiens rosas veritatum et spinis difficultatum a tribus//Philosophiae subditis facultatibus collectas et in coronam aliquando expectat.”; followed by a later address, black ink: “Dominicus de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templum S. Mariae de Pace cum Privil. Summi Pontificis”.
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