L. Annaei Senecae Philosophi Opera, quae extant omnia: A Iusto Lipsio Emendata et Scholiis Illustrata. Editio Secunda, atque ab ultima Lipsii manu

1615

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Author, Roman, -5 - 65

Cornelis Galle I

Engraver, Flemish, 1576 - 1650

Theodor Galle

Engraver, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Roman author), Justus Lipsius (editor), Cornelis Galle I and Theodor Galle (engravers) after Sir Peter Paul Rubens (designer)

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 3 engraved illustrations after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, and woodcut historiated initials, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate for frontispiece: 31 x 18.8 cm (12 3/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
    book: 39.2 x 27 x 9 cm (15 7/16 x 10 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.58.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein 177, 279-280

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul M. Dowling, Washington DC, (Liber Antiquus, Early Imprinted Books); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

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 Hertzberge

1978

  • Judson, J. Richard, Carl Van de Velde. Book illustrations and title-pages. London; Philadelphia, c1978: 30-32.

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