Inscription
in image, at bottom left: IWtewael inuent. / G. Swaneb. sculp. 1606; in image, at right: CVSichem editor: et excud:; below image: Regis Alexandri non est laus clarior ulla / Quam quod juris erat justitiaeque tenax. / Nil pruis edixit quam partes audiit ambas, / Integer ut dempto jure favore daret. / Proebuit ergo unam duntaxat agentibus aurem, / Altera sollicitis mansit operta reis. / Quilquis in auditum damnat, vel crimine solvit, / Aequa licet statuat non tamen aquus erit; below image, at left: X
Provenance
(David Tunick, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 18, 1974; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Bibliography
- 1949
- Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger; no. 59, only