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Quis evadet? / Who will escape? - Hendrik Goltzius

Date :
1594
Type of image :
Gravure sur cuivre
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
21x15,2
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.

Indexed items :
Tête de mort
Nuage, nuée
Bulle(s)

Technical Data

Notice #001239

Image HD

Past ID :
A0558
Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Collection particulière