Inscription
upper center in red/violet ink: MAGIS MVTVS QVAM PISCIS. (“More mute than a fish.” Erasmus, _Adages_, 1.5.29) (trans. Bass 2019, 194); fish at upper left in image numbered .1. in red ink; center right in brown ink: XXVIII.
Facing page: upper center in black ink: Loquere terr[a]e et respondebit tibi / Et enarrabunt pisces maris. Job 12. (“Speak to the earth and it shall answer you; and the fishes of the sea shall tell.” Job 12:8) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in blue/black ink: Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in Corde Viri: / Sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud. pro: 20. (“Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water; but a wise man will draw it out.” Proverbs 20:5) (Latin Vulgate Bible)
Provenance
Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.
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- 1987.20.7.1
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- Plate 10: Nine Sharks
- 1987.20.7.11
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- Plate 11: Four Fish and Shells
- 1987.20.7.12
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- Plate 12: A Swordfish and Three Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.13
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- Plate 15: Six "Asellorum" Fish (Cod?)
- 1987.20.7.16
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- Plate 16: Eels, Pipefish, and Needlefish
- 1987.20.7.17
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- Plate 17: A Cod, Weever Fish, Eels, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.18
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- Plate 20: Sea Bream, Dentex, Sargo, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.21
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- Plate 21: Cod(?) and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.22
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- Plate 22: Mullet, Flying Fish, Eels, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.23
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- Plate 23: Bream(?) and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.24
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- Plate 26: Gurnards, Dragonets, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.27
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- Plate 27: Blennies, Scorpion Fish, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.28
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- Plate 29: Homelyn Ray and Four Other Rays or Skates
- 1987.20.7.30
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- Plate 30: Four Rays
- 1987.20.7.31
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- Plate 32: Skates with an Egg Case and Two Flat Fish
- 1987.20.7.33
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- Plate 33: Sole and Other Flatfish with Bandfish(?)
- 1987.20.7.34
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- Plate 34: Seven Flatfish
- 1987.20.7.35
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- Plate 36: Five Fish, Including Carp(?)
- 1987.20.7.37
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- Plate 37: Six Fish, Including Carp
- 1987.20.7.38
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- Plate 38: Burbot, Rockling, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.39
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- Plate 39: Squid, Gurnard, Pike, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.40
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- Plate 40: Salmon, Trout, and Freshwater(?) Fish
- 1987.20.7.41
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- Plate 41: Whitefish(?) and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.42
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- Plate 42: Nine Fish
- 1987.20.7.43
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- Plate 43: Fifteen Fish
- 1987.20.7.44
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- Plate 46: Two Crabs with Seashells
- 1987.20.7.47
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- Plate 47: Nine Crabs
- 1987.20.7.48
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- Plate 48: Ten Crabs
- 1987.20.7.49
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- Plate 4: Four Salmon
- 1987.20.7.5
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- Plate 58: Shells, including Abalone(?)
- 1987.20.7.59
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- Plate 6: Five Catfish and Sturgeon(?)
- 1987.20.7.7
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- Plate 7: Empty Oval
- 1987.20.7.8
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