Notorious Examples of Wealth from Antiquity

1563

Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Maerten van Heemskerck

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Philip Galle, after Maerten van Heemskerck

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.4 x 23.9 cm (7 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 27 x 36.3 cm (10 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.88

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 283, State iii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 283, iii/iii

Inscriptions

upper edge of image: Pithyus, Lucullus, Crassus, Sylla, Croesus, Midas; lower left in image: MHeem: Inven:; across bottom of plate: LVCVLLI EFFVSVS , PYTHY AVREA VITIS / SANGVINE CIVILI SYLLAE EBRIA DEXTERA FINI / ATTESTANTVR OPVM, ET LYDI PATRIMONIA CROESI / AVRICVLAE MIDAE PHYRGII, ET SITIS ARIDA CRASSI.

Wikidata ID

Q76559231


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