Plate 40: Two Otters and a Beaver, c. 1575/1580

Inscription

upper left center in brown ink: .2.; upper center in brown ink: Versibus haud nostris indictus pontice CASTOR / Aufugies, rapido morsu genitalia quamuis / Membra seces, totum redimasq[ue] a funere corpus, / Parte data, sedes cursum, furiasq[ue] sequentum.; center right in (gold?): XXXX; animals in image numbered .1., 2., and .3., in red ink
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Domini est Terra et plenitudo eius.ps.23. (“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.” Psalms 23:1) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in brown ink: Tui sunt Caeli, et tua est TERRA, orbem terr[a]e et plenitudine[m] / eius tu fundasti, Aquilonem et mare tu creasti.ps: 88. (“The heavens are yours, the earth is also yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them. The north and the sea you have created them.” Psalms 88:12 and 13) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

Exhibition History

1982

Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, = 1540 - 1680, The Art Museum, Princeton University, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Art, Carnegie Insitute, Pittsburgh (exh. cat. by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, no. 56.

1982

Drawings from the Holy Roman Empire, 1540 - 1680, The Art Museum, Princeton University, National Gallery of Art, Museum of Art, Carnegie Insitute, Pittsburgh (exh. cat. by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, no. 56.

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