Dedication Page
published 1551
Artist, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Artwork overview
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Medium
Roman type on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 24 x 27.8 cm (9 7/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
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Accession
1994.80.2
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, undescribed
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), undescribed.
1971
Riggs, Timothy A. "Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (1971): no. 1a.
Inscriptions
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?
Wikidata ID
Q75125859