Pittacus Mitylanaeus
1616
Artist, Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 30.5 x 19.1 cm (12 x 7 1/2 in.)
sheet: 30.6 x 19.2 cm (12 1/16 x 7 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2007.45.3
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, no. 8, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2007 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 54.
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger.
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (De Gheyn Family, Jan Piet Filedt Kok and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2000, "De Gheyn III," no. 8, state only.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: JDG (in monogram) F. 1616.; lower center in plate: PITTACVS MITYLENAEVS. / Loqui ignorabit, qui tacer nesuit... / ... Paucos amicos rebus adversis proba; lower left: 4; lower right: Fac Ausonius
Watermarks
vase of flowers
Wikidata ID
Q76342707