A woman sitting on a crocodile; representing Africa. Engraving by A. Collaert, c. 1600, after M. de Vos.
- Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603.
- Date:
- [160?-?]
- Reference:
- 27266i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Animals, including a griffin, wander in the background
Publication/Creation
[Antwerp?] : Adrian Collaert scalps. et excud, [160?-?]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving ; image 19.4 x 25.5 cm
Lettering
Tertia, terga premens crocodili, decolor aestu/ Perpete, balsameum dextrâ tenet Africa ramum:/ Tertia, sed rerum præstans novitate stupenda/ Primas pyramidum fert molibus æternarum. M. de Vos inven. Adrian Collaert scalps et excud.
References note
Thomas Ketelsen, 'Netherlandish prints in Hamburg', Print quarterly, 2016, 33: 38-40
Reference
Wellcome Collection 27266i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores