Fate of an Evil Tongue

c. 1507

Nicoletto da Modena

Associated Names
Nicoletto da Modena

Artist, Italian, active 1500/1512

This is a drawing of putti engaged in sculpting amidst ruins. The scene shows several putti standing around a circular elevated base, chiseling and playing with a curved object in the center. The background includes architectural ruins with columns, foliage, trees, and distant buildings. Other putti in the foreground interact with small creatures. The phrase “LINGUA PRAVORVM PENIBIT” is inscribed on the base of the sculpture.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29 x 20.3 cm (11 7/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.244

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.121, no. 33

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1966

  • Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 49.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 54, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 323.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.170 (a).

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q65081524

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