Solon Salaminius, 1616

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series Title

The Seven Wise Men of Greece

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.8 × 19.2 cm (11 3/4 × 7 9/16 in.)

sheet: 30.5 × 20.1 cm (12 × 7 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of James A. Bergquist, Boston, in honor of Shelley R.Langdale

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 6, State only

Accession Number

2020.149.16

Artists / Makers

Jacques de Gheyn III (artist) Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641

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Inscription

lower left in image: DG F. 1616.; lower right, in image:[Greek inscription, not deciphered]; lower center below plate: SOLON SALAMINIVS / Dico tunc vitam beatuam, auum peracta fata sint... / ... Sive sint incerta cuncta, quid timere convenit? / 2.; Fac. Ausonius

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: no. 12, ii/ii

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (De Gheyn Family, Jan Piet Filedt Kok and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2000, "De Gheyn III," no. 6, state only.