Plate 38: Merganser with Two Other Waterfowl and a Garland of Melons and Gourds, c. 1575/1580

Inscription

Center right in (gold?): XXXVIII; birds in image numbered .1., .2., and .3., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in red/violet ink: Qui nititur mendaciis, hic pascit ventos: Idem / autem ipse sequitur aves volantes pro:10. (“He that trusts to lies feeds the winds; and the same runs after birds that fly away.” Proverbs 10:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in black/blue ink: Quando praeparabat Coelos ego sapientia aderam: / Quando certa lege et gyro vallabat Abyssos: qua[n]do / Aethera firmabat sursum et librabat fontes aquarum / pro:8: (“When he prepared the heavens I was present, when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths; when he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters.” Proverbs 8:27-28) (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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