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Cœnotaphiorum (title page)

Hans Vredeman de Vries  (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))

Artist:
Engraved by Johannes van Doetecum the elder (Netherlandish, active 1554–ca. 1600, died 1605)
Artist:
Engraved by Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589)
Publisher:
Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
Date:
1563
Medium:
Etching; first state of four
Dimensions:
sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (16.5 x 20.8 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Purchase, Phyllis D. Massar Gift, 2011
Accession Number:
2011.510.1

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  • Description

    Title page made up out of a strapwork frame with inserted trophies and ornaments related to the theme of Death. The title inscription is placed in a horizontal central compartment. Below the image is a Latin inscription, made up out of four lines, divided over two columns.

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: HIERONYMUS / COCK / EXCUDEBAT; Pictores, statuarii, architecti, la / tomi, et quicunque principum magnificorum / que virorum memoriae aternae inservitis adeste & hunc libellum / varias Coenotaphiorum, tumulorum & mortuorum monu / mentorum formas typis elegantissimis in aere exaratas / comprehendentem inspicitote, emite, utimini & ingeniosae / manui IOANNI VREDEMANNI FRISII, quae has / excogitavit & liberalitati Hieronimi Cock, cuius impen / sis haec vobis exhibentur. Bene favete (...) Valete / 1563; Autehac arvorum Lector variasq; domorum, / Atq; urbis dominae semirutorum operum, / Non minus et varias, haec ne post omnia desint / Nunc tibi bustorum dat Cocus effigies; 1

  • Provenance

    Vendor: Hill-Stone, Inc.

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein XLVII. 129-130 #137

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