Solon Salaminius

1616

Jacques de Gheyn III

Associated Names
Jacques de Gheyn III

Artist, Dutch, c. 1596 - 1641

The image shows a man walking up a flight of steps. He is in a three-quarter profile, holding a helmet with a plume covering his face. He wears classical clothing, including a skirt-like garment, a cape draped over his left shoulder, and sandals. The man carries a shield in his left hand and a sword at his waist. In the background are architectural elements like columns and more steps, with another helmet on the ground next to the steps.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.149.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 6, State only

  • Series Title

    The Seven Wise Men of Greece

Artwork history & notes

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.

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

foolscap

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