Mausolaeum (The Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus), 1572

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series Title

The Eight Wonders of the World (plate 6)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 22.5 x 27.2 cm (8 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 483, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.96

Artists / Makers

Philip Galle (artist) Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Maerten van Heemskerck (artist after) Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in plate: Mausolaeum; bottom right in image: Martinus Heemskerck Inventor; across lower edge of plate: MAUSOLI A BVSTO CALIDOS HAVRIRE MARITI / DEPOSCENS CONIVNX CINERES, PIETATIS ADUVLTAE / EXEMPLO POSVIT TVMVLVM, SPIRANTIA CVIVS / ARTIFICES SVMMI CAELARVNT MARMORE SIGNA 6.

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 483, ii/ii