Earth, 1587

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series Title

The Four Elements, as Mythological Figures (Plate 2)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 17.4 × 23.2 cm (6 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.) (trimmed to plate mark)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 526, State only

Accession Number

2012.92.656

Artists / Makers

Jan Sadeler I (artist) Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Dirck Barendsz (artist after) Dutch, 1534 - 1592

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Inscription

in image, at top center: TERRA; in image, at lower center: I Sadeler scalps: et excud: francofurt ad moenum; in image, at lower right: Theodor: Bernard: A / inventor; below image: Diua colens terra, et clara reperta ministrans; / Alma faue terris et tua sceptra rege / Solae mamque: datum nostras tibi nosse labores / Nec terris maius Pallade Numen inest.

Provenance

(Hill-Stone, Inc., New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 6, 2006; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Hill-Stone, Inc.
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 526, only