Quis evadet? / Who will escape? - Hendrik Goltzius
Date :
1594
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
21x15,2
Storage Location :
51.501.4929
Signed work
Legend
Description
History :
1. In the lower image, engraved on a stone taking the place of a cartouche :" QUIS EVADET ? "
Lower right, monogrammed signature HG. Under the signature: 1594
Under the image, Latin quatrain : " Flos nouus, et verna fragrans argenteus aura Marcescit subitò, perit, ali, perit illa venustas. Sic et vita hominum iam nunc nascentibus, cheu, Instar abit bullæ vanitas elapsa vaporis. F. Eisius "
(The new flower and silvery breeze of fragrant spring withers at once, dies, and dies this youth. Likewise the life of men, scarcely born, vanishes like a vain bubble of escaped vapor.)
2. Elisha Whittelsey Collection, acquired by the Elisha Whittelsey Fund in 1951.
Technical Data
Notice #001239
Past ID :
A0558
Image editing :
Image web