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Meridies
The Four Times of Day
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Meridies
The Four Times of Day
Engraved by: Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, about 1560–1618)
After: Marten de Vos (Netherlandish, 1532–1603)
After: Marten de Vos (Netherlandish, 1532–1603)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 20.4 x 25.8 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 27.6 x 35.8 cm (10 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Sheet: 27.6 x 35.8 cm (10 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number65.577
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish) 442
Signed
Signed in plate, within image, lower left: M. de Vos inuent.; Adrian.Collaert Sculp.
Marks
Unidentified watermark; verso, unidentified collector's stamp in turquiose, probably filled in with blue ink: [Lugt 4073]; MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 65.577
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: MERIDIES.; in lower margin, lower left: Ecce, MERI Mediusve DIES præferuidus, Ortum/Inter & Occasum, viuida membra mouet.; lower right: Hinc discat duros Iuuenis tolerare labores:/Ne luxu ætatem desidiaq terat./Corn. Kis. Duffl.; lower left: 2.
ProvenanceUnidentified collector. 1965, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, to the MFA for £190 [see note]. (Accession Date: May 12, 1965)
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 65.576-65.579 were purchased for this amount.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 65.576-65.579 were purchased for this amount.