Mare (The Sea), c. 1587

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series Title

The Four Elements

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 17.5 × 22.6 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

sheet: 23.7 × 34.2 cm (9 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ramon Osuna

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 527

Accession Number

2018.209.2

Artists / Makers

Jan Sadeler I (artist) Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Dirck Barendsz (artist after) Dutch, 1534 - 1592

Jan Sadeler I (publisher) Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

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Inscription

top center in image: MARE; lower left in image: T. B. Amst: ivet / Joa: Sadeler sculps.; lower center in plate: Quem penes arbitrium vas ti manet aequoris omne / Per tua, Neptune o regna tridente potens. / Da facilem ratibusque vian facilesq recursus / Hanc Deus humanis adijce rebus opem.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 176/11; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 19296

Provenance

Unidentified collector (not in Lugt?). Ramon Osuna, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Osuna Galleries

Bibliography

1949: 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: Hertzberge: no. 527