X: Ten Years

c. 1599

Crispijn van de Passe I

Associated Names
Crispijn van de Passe I

Artist, Dutch, c. 1565 - 1637

Crispijn van de Passe I

Publisher, Dutch, c. 1565 - 1637

This is a drawing of an urban scene with children and a goat. The drawing shows a circular vignette enclosing three children. One child is seated on a column pedestal, another is standing beside a goat, and a third is standing holding what appears to be dolls or toys. The background features an urban setting with architectural structures like buildings and people depicted faintly in the distance, giving the scene a sense of depth. The circular frame is inscribed with text in Latin. The composition captures a moment of playful interaction among the children in a town setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert H. and Clarice Smith

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.) (circular, trimmed within platemark)
    mount: 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.) (octagonal)

  • Accession Number

    2022.181.82

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 478, State Only

  • Series Title

    The Ages of Man

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert H. and Clarice R. Smith, Arlington, VA; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Herzberger., 1964: XV, no. 478.

Inscriptions

around image, in plate: X. Redditus ut luci puer est, mox reddere doces incipit... Ipsius estque aetas mollis et apta regi.; in image, on pedestal: CVP [in monogram]; lower center in image: Crispian van de passe / fecit et exc.

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