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Early Dutch allegorical engraving representing Geometry. This is plate six of seven Liberal Arts engravings after a series of lost …
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Early Dutch allegorical engraving representing Geometry. This is plate six of seven Liberal Arts engravings after a series of lost paintings by Frans Floris (1519-1570), a prominent Flemish painter of the Northern Renaissance.
Cornelis Cort (c. 1533 - 1578) was a Dutch engraver active during the Netherlandish Renaissance. He studied under the famous Flemish painter and printmaker, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and became one of the leading engravers of his time. He later moved to Antwerp, where he worked with the prominent publisher Hieronymus Cock. Printed on early laid paper with coquille shell watermark (see last photo). This engraving is inscribed in Latin as follows:
.6.
Vestigare Geometriae intervalla locorum est, quamque alta, longa, et lata rerum corpora.
H. Cock Ex
FFlor
Translation: "Geometry is about tracing the distances of places, and how high, long, and wide bodies of things are."
Stamped on the reverse Babcock Bequest and MFA, most likely the 1900 William Perkins Babcock (1826-1899) bequest to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Zoom into photos to appreciate in detail.
A Cornelis Cort Geometria engraving dated circa 1565, is part of the British Museum collection.
It comes matted and framed, ready to display.
Measurements: Frame: 15 7/8" by 14 1/8"; Platemark: 22.6 cm high by 28.2 cm wide approximately.
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- Dimensions
- 15.87ʺW × 0.5ʺD × 14.12ʺH
- Styles
- Renaissance
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Period
- 18th Century
- Country of Origin
- Netherlands
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- In very good condition with toning, small margin tears concealed by mat and minor imperfections as shown. In very good condition with toning, small margin tears concealed by mat and minor imperfections as shown. less
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