Inscription
upper center in blue ink: Dante te illis colligent: Aperiente te manu[m] / tuam, o[m/n]ia implebuntur bonitate ps:103. (“What you give to them they shall gather up; when you open your hand, they shall all be filled with good.” Psalms 103:28) (Latin Vulgate Bible);
fish in image numbered .1., .2., .3., and .4., in red ink; shells in image numbered .5., .6., and .7., in red ink; center right in (gold?): XXXII.; lower center in blue ink: Auferente autem te faciem, turbabuntur: auferes spiritum eorum / et deficient, et in pulverem suum revertentur ps:103. (“But if you turn away your face, they shall be troubled; you shall take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.” Psalms 103:29) (Latin Vulgate Bible)
Facing page: upper center in blue ink: Ampliat aetatis spatium tutissima virtus: / Omne solum bono Patria est ut piscibus Aequor.; lower center in red/violet ink: Ego sapientia girum coeli circuivi sola, et profundum / MARIS penetravi, et in fluctibus maris ambulavi, et / in omni terra steti .Ecc[us].24. (“I wisdom alone have compassed the circuit of heaven and have penetrated into the bottom of the sea and have walked in the waves of the sea. And have stood in all the earth.” Ecclesiasticus 24:8 and 9) (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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- Title Page
- 1987.20.7.1
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- Plate 10: Nine Sharks
- 1987.20.7.11
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- Plate 11: Four Fish and Shells
- 1987.20.7.12
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- Plate 12: A Swordfish and Three Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.13
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- Plate 15: Six "Asellorum" Fish (Cod?)
- 1987.20.7.16
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- Plate 16: Eels, Pipefish, and Needlefish
- 1987.20.7.17
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- Plate 17: A Cod, Weever Fish, Eels, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.18
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- Plate 20: Sea Bream, Dentex, Sargo, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.21
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- Plate 21: Cod(?) and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.22
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- Plate 22: Mullet, Flying Fish, Eels, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.23
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- Plate 23: Bream(?) and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.24
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- Plate 26: Gurnards, Dragonets, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.27
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- Plate 27: Blennies, Scorpion Fish, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.28
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- Plate 28: Sea Bream(?) and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.29
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- Plate 29: Homelyn Ray and Four Other Rays or Skates
- 1987.20.7.30
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- Plate 30: Four Rays
- 1987.20.7.31
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- Plate 33: Sole and Other Flatfish with Bandfish(?)
- 1987.20.7.34
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- Plate 34: Seven Flatfish
- 1987.20.7.35
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- Plate 36: Five Fish, Including Carp(?)
- 1987.20.7.37
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- Plate 37: Six Fish, Including Carp
- 1987.20.7.38
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- Plate 38: Burbot, Rockling, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.39
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- Plate 39: Squid, Gurnard, Pike, and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.40
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- Plate 40: Salmon, Trout, and Freshwater(?) Fish
- 1987.20.7.41
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- Plate 41: Whitefish(?) and Other Fish
- 1987.20.7.42
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- Plate 42: Nine Fish
- 1987.20.7.43
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- Plate 43: Fifteen Fish
- 1987.20.7.44
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- Plate 46: Two Crabs with Seashells
- 1987.20.7.47
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- Plate 47: Nine Crabs
- 1987.20.7.48
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- Plate 48: Ten Crabs
- 1987.20.7.49
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- Plate 4: Four Salmon
- 1987.20.7.5
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- Plate 58: Shells, including Abalone(?)
- 1987.20.7.59
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- Plate 6: Five Catfish and Sturgeon(?)
- 1987.20.7.7
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- Plate 7: Empty Oval
- 1987.20.7.8