National Gallery of Art · Print
Apollo as Sol
Jacob Matham, after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem
- Date
- c.1591
- Medium
- engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 33.8 x 22.4 cm (13 5/16 x 8 13/16 in.) (trimmed)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2012.92.541
- Credit line
- Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
- Time span
- 1551 to 1600
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Apollo as Sol and Diana as Luna (Plate 1)
Subjects and terms
- engraving
- mythology
Provenance
(Christie's, London, December 5, 2006, lot 46); (via Salamander Fine Arts Limited, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C.; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Inscription
in image, at bottom centre: C C Harlemensis Inuent IMatham sculp.; below image: Astrorum Princeps, Caeli decus, orbis et Anni / Arbiter: ad nutum Tempora, Resque gero. / Als Prins eerbaer, den hemel claer, seer schoon verchierick / De weerelt swaer, tyt, stont, en Jaer, alles regierick.
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