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upper center in black ink: EQVVS IN QVADRIGIS, IN ARATRO BOS.; center right in black ink: VI.; animals in image numbered .1., .2., .3., and .4., in red ink; tree in image numbered .5., in red ink; lower center in black ink: NON NOSTRVM ONVS, BOS CLITELLAS.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Obsequium tigresq[ue] domat, Tumidosq[ue] leones: / Rustica paulatim, Taurus aratra subit.; lower center in (gold?): Quam Platanus rivo gaudet, quam populus unda; / Et quam limosa canna palustris humo: / Tam Venus otia amat: qui finem quaeris amoris, / cedit amor rebus: Res age: tutus eris.

Provenance

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

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