Apollo as Sol, c.1591

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series Title

Apollo as Sol and Diana as Luna (Plate 1)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 33.8 x 22.4 cm (13 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.) (trimmed)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 175, State i/iii

Accession Number

2012.92.541

Artists / Makers

Jacob Matham (artist) Dutch, 1571 - 1631

Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (artist after) Dutch, 1562 - 1638

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

in image, at bottom centre: C C Harlemensis Inuent IMatham sculp.; below image: Astrorum Princeps, Caeli decus, orbis et Anni / Arbiter: ad nutum Tempora, Resque gero. / Als Prins eerbaer, den hemel claer, seer schoon verchierick / De weerelt swaer, tyt, stont, en Jaer, alles regierick.

Provenance

(Christie's, London, December 5, 2006, lot 46); (via Salamander Fine Arts Limited, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Salamander Fine Arts

Exhibition History

2013: Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 182, i/i

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Jacob Matham, Lena Widerkehr, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 175, i/iii