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Upper center in black ink: ROSA[M/N] QVAE PRAETERIERIT, NE QVAERAS ITERVM; center right in (gold?): XXIV.; lower center in (gold?): Ambigeres raperetue Rosis Aurora ruborem. / An daret, et flores tingeret orta dies.
Facing page:
Upper center in red ink: Quam modo nascentem rutilus co[n]spexit Eous: / Hanc rediens sero vespere vidit anum.; middle center in black ink: Nulla est ita provida tellus, / ut non triste ferat quid: non ita perfidus ullus, / ut non quid pariat mortalibus utile, campus. / Cernis ut urtica, et spinis paliuris acutis. / Purpureaeq[ue] ROSAE surgant, violisq[ue] propinqui.; lower center in red ink: Mirabar celerem fugitiva Aetate rapinam. / Et dum nascuntur consenuisse ROSAS.

Provenance

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

Exhibition History

1998
A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998, no. 76.
1999
From Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999, no. 45, as Iris from Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis).
2002
Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l'Oeil Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 30, as Ignis (Animalia Rationalia et Insecta) Plate 47.

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