Pittacus Mitylanaeus

1616

Jacques de Gheyn III

Associated Names
Jacques de Gheyn III

Artist, Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641

The image displays a person in profile, looking into the distance. They hold an ax in one hand. The person has distinct facial features, curly hair, and wears a robe. There are objects around them, including tools and a table. The background shows a wall, scrolls, and an architectural element. The image includes text with the title "PITTACUS MITYLENEUS" and Latin inscriptions.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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 Number

    2007.45.3

  • 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

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