Plato's Cave

1604

Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Hendrik Hondius I

Publisher, Dutch, 1573 - 1649 or after

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 33.7 x 45 cm (13 1/4 x 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.61.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 116, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

  • The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch 1802-21, vol.3, p.234, 39.

1949

  • Hollstein Neth.1949-69, vol.23, p.89, 116 ii/ii.

  • 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 Hertzberger

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: C.C. Harlemensis Inv. / ISanredam Sculpsit./ Henr. Hondius excudit. / 1604.; across top, above image, in plate: LVX VENI T ... LVCEM.10.3.19; top center, in image, in plate: ANTRVM PLATONICVM.; across bottom in plate:

Wikidata ID

Q74044173

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