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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25959
People
Workshop of Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)
After Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Title
The Way of the World
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Four Ways of Living on Earth, 2
Original Language Title: Cultura Mundi
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1573
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54973

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 21.4 x 25.5 cm (8 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, upper edge, above design, at center, ink, handwritten: fo. [?] 75e. [likely for '75th folio']
  • inscription: recto, lower edge, below design, printer's ink, engraved, Latin: Cultura Mundi / Tristis avaritie rabies nummiq[ue] cupido, / Et levis Ambitio, perfusaq[ue] Gloria fuco / Ad predam, strepituinq[ue] lucri suffragia Vertunt. / Sic manifesta patet falsi fallacia mundi.
  • watermark: left edge of design, at the middle, paper, pressed paper: 'B' in shield surmounted by a cross; countermark with horseman in a shield: most similar to Briquet, vol. III, nos. 8068-807, ascribed to Bruges, Amsterdam, and Brussels as well as about ten other European cities, c. 1560-80.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
N.H. (Groeningen, pt. 1) 151

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in honor of Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M25959
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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