Plato's Cave, 1604

Not on View

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 33.7 x 45 cm (13 1/4 x 17 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 116, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1983.61.1

Artists / Makers

Jan Pietersz Saenredam (artist) Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (artist after) Dutch, 1562 - 1638

Hendrik Hondius I (publisher) Dutch, 1573 - 1649 or after

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: C.C. Harlemensis Inv. / ISanredam Sculpsit./ Henr. Hondius excudit. / 1604.; across top, above image, in plate: LVX VENI T ... LVCEM.10.3.19; top center, in image, in plate: ANTRVM PLATONICVM.; across bottom in plate:

Exhibition History

2000: The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch 1802-21, vol.3, p.234, 39.

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger

1949: Hollstein Neth.1949-69, vol.23, p.89, 116 ii/ii.