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Inscription

Fish in image numbered .1., 2., .3., and .4. in red ink; center right in (gold?): XXX.
Facing page: upper center in blue ink: Tu dominaris potestati maris: Motum ante[m] / fluctuum tu mitigas .ps.88. (“Thou rules the power of the sea; and appeases the motion of the waves thereof” Psalms 88:10) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in red/violet ink: In MARI via tua, et semita tua in aquis multis: / Et vestigia tua non cognoscentur ps:76. (“Your way is in the sea, and your paths in many waters; and your footsteps shall not be known.” Psalms 76:20) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

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