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published 1551

Hieronymus Cock

Artist, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 19.5 x 27.7 cm (7 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.80.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 22


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie's, London, 29 November 1994, no. 53); (Christopher Mendez, London via David Tunick, New York); purchased 1994 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 Vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951: vol. IV (Cock), no. 22.

1971

  • Riggs, Timothy A. "Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (1971): no. 1.

Inscriptions

across center in plate: PRAECIPVA ALIQVOT ROMANAE / ANTIQVITATIS RVINARVM / MONIMENTA, VIVIS PROSPECTI- / BVS, AD VERI IMITATIONEM / AFFABRE DESIGNATA / In florentiss. Antuerpia per Hiro. Coc / Mense Maio, Anno .M.D.LI.; lower center in plate: CVM CAESA. / PRIVILEGIO AD / VIII AN

Wikidata ID

Q75125855


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