Inscription
across page: MAGNO HEROI, D. ANTONIO / Peronoto, Episcopo Atrebaten. Caroli .v. Caes. ab intimis / consiliis primario, vt omnis virtutis eruditionisq; cultori exi- / mio, ita & venerandae antiquitatis admiratori, atque ad / huius designationis aeditionem impulsori praecipuo, / HIERONYMVS COCK PICTOR, TYPOGRAPH. / OPTIMO SVO MECOENATI, / DICAVIT. / IN RVINAS VRBIS ROMAE, / COR. GRAPH. / Barbaricus furor, annorumque horrenda vorago, / Sic Orbis Reginam, illam, lachrimabile, Romam / Vastarunt, fatis nimirum vrgentibus: ecquae / Seruandis reliquis vsquam fiducia regnis?
Provenance
(sale, Christie's, London, 29 November 1994, no. 53); (Christopher Mendez, London via David Tunick, New York); purchased 1994 by NGA.
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), undescribed.
- 1971
- Riggs, Timothy A. "Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (1971): no. 1a.
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