Law of War and Peace, c. 1670

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series Title

Hugo Grotius, De Iure Belli Ac Pacis (Amsterdam, 1670) (title page)

Medium

etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 17.4 x 10.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)

sheet: 20 x 12 cm (7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein undesc

Accession Number

2011.139.20

Artists / Makers

Romeyn de Hooghe (artist) Dutch, 1645 - 1708

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in image: HVG. GROTII / DE IVRE BELLI / AC PACIS / LIBRI TRES.; lower left in image: R de Hooghe fec et inven.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: #123 / 27

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

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 Hertzberger: undesc.