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Fish in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .4., and .5. in red ink; center right in (gold?): XXXI.
Facing page: upper center in red/violet ink: Quis haec operatus est et fecit vocans nationes / ab exordio: Ego dominus primus et novissi[mus] / ego sum Isa.41. (“Who has wrought and done these things, calling the nations from the beginning? I the Lord, I am the first and the last.” Isaiah 41:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in black and brown ink: Ignem ardentem extinguit AQVA, et eleemosyna / resistit peccatis. Ecclesiastic[us] 3. (“Water quenches a flaming fire, and alms resist sins.” Ecclesiasticus 3:33) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

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