Mythologia Ethica
1579
Artist, Flemish, 1520 - 1590
Author
Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder and Arnold Freitag (author)
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with etched title and 124 etched emblem plates
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Credit Line
Acquisition funded by a grant from The B.H. Breslauer Foundation, 2013
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Dimensions
book: 20.3 × 16.5 × 2.1 cm (8 × 6 1/2 × 13/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2013.67.6
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
H.M. Fletcher, 1983; Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston; (sale, Christie's New York, 20 June 2013, no. 514); purchased 2013 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
n.d.
Landwehr, John.Emblem and fable books printed in the low countries, 1524-1813: a bibliography. Utrecht, 1988: no. 239.
Inscriptions
on upper paste down by later hand, upper right in pen: 83-61-14; center in graphite: editions (1) de Dene, (Landwehr 135) / (2) Heyns Antwerp 1578 (Landwehr 207) / this edition (3) Freitag, Antwerp 1579 (Landwehr 166) / (4) Kilian, Antwerp (?) 159[9?] (Landwehr 291) / (5) Vandel, Amsterdam 1617 (Landwehr 735) / all the above have the original etchings / of Marcus Gheeraerts (underlined) (Peyret 1578 has copies) / *see additional note below / ref: Landwehr Emblems Low Countries 135, 207, 166, 291, 735 / Popham - Print Coll Quarterly Vol 15 page 187 / Jendwine -Art + Style Vol I p265. p489 / *both (2) Heyns and (3) Freitag have the full set of original etchings of (1) de Dene plus / about 17 additional, probably by Galle or possibly / by de [Dode?]. (ref Landwehr , and article by (not deciphered) Scheler in La Fontaine - Verwey [Festschift?], 1966); free end paper upper right: p60; lower paste down upper right: 2800/514