Narcissus

Aegidius Sadeler II

Artist, Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.8 x 28.2 cm (16 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.) (cut to platemark)

  • Accession

    2010.87.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein no. 108, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); 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, no. 108 ii/ii

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Aegidius Sadeler / Invenit et sculp. / INSPICIT INCAVTVS PROPRIVM NARCISSVS IN VNDIS / VVLTEM, FERALEM PRAEBET ET VNDA FACEM / QVI NYMPHAE VIVVS VNAE CONTEMP ERAT IGNIS / HIC SENTIT MORIENS COMORIENTIS AQVAS

Watermarks

scales

Wikidata ID

Q76552821

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