Narcissus

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Medium

etching with engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 40.8 x 28.2 cm (16 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.) (cut to platemark)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein no. 108, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2010.87.4

Artists / Makers

Aegidius Sadeler II (artist) Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Aegidius Sadeler / Invenit et sculp. / INSPICIT INCAVTVS PROPRIVM NARCISSVS IN VNDIS / VVLTEM, FERALEM PRAEBET ET VNDA FACEM / QVI NYMPHAE VIVVS VNAE CONTEMP ERAT IGNIS / HIC SENTIT MORIENS COMORIENTIS AQVAS

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge, no. 108 ii/ii