Updated 14 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies>: Hieronymus Bosch
| Date | 1572 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | Engraving on laid paper |
| Watermarks | P...(?) |
| Size（cm） | 19.5 x 12.2 (plate); 26.2 x 17.4 (paper) |
| State | iii/iii, Edition: iv/v |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed at top: Obÿt Siluaducis in patria circa an. 1500.; top right: 3; HIERONYMO BOSCHIO, PICTORI.; bottom: Quid sibi vult, Hieronyme Boschi, / Ille oculus tuus attonitus? Quid / Pallor in ore? velut lemures si, / Spectra Erebi volitantia coràm / Aspiceres? Tibi Ditis auari / Crediderim patuisse receßus, / Tartareasque domos: tua quando / Quicquid habet sinus imus Auerni / Tam potuit bene pingere dextra.; bottom left: Th. Galle excud. |
| Standard ref. | H. IV (published by Hieronymus Cock), 3; H. V, 204, iii/iii; TIB 52, 204; NH Cornelis Cort, 223, iii/iii |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2021-0001 |
Provenance
Private Collection, England; purchased by the NMWA, 30 July 2021.
Bibliography
- 1951
- Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. vol. 5, Amsterdam, 1951, no. 204.
- 1951
- Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. vol. 4, Amsterdam, 1951, no. 3 (published by Hieronymus Cock).
- 1977
- Riggs, Timothy A. Hieronymus Cock: Printmaker and Publisher. New York, 1977 (1st ed., New York, 1971), p. 379, no. 269.
- 1986
- Strauss, Walter L.; Shimura, Tomoko. The Illustrated Bartsch. vol. 52, Netherlandish Artists. New York, 1986, no. 204.
- 1991
- Melion, Walter S. Shaping the Netherlandish Canon: Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1991, p. 143 ff (about the series).
- 2000
- Leeflang, Huigen. ed. The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700. Cornelis Cort Part III. Rotterdam, 2000, no. 223.
- 2006
- Meiers, Sarah. Portraits in Print: Hieronymus Cock, Dominicus Lampsonius, and Pictorum aliquot celebrium Germaniae ingerioris effigies. Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. vol. 69, 2006, pp. 1-16 (about the series).
- 2010
- Koldeweij, Jos; Vandenbroeck, Paul; Vermet, Bernard. Hieronymus Bosch. The Complete Paintings and Drawings. Stuttgart, 2010, pp. 11-12.
- 2016
- Bosch: The 5th Centenary Exhibition (exh. cat.). Silva Maroto, María Pilar, ed. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 31 May- 11 September 2016. Madrid, 2016, cat. 1, col. repr.
- 2016
- Ilsink, Matthijs et al. Hieronymus Bosch: Painter and Draughtsman. Catalogue raisonné. Alkins, Ted, trans. New Heaven, Yale University Press, 2016, pp. 28-29.