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Apotheosis of Truth: P.1795-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Apotheosis of Truth
Truth Supported by Time, Protected from Envy and Discord

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Schenck, Pieter
Printmaker: Audran, Girard (Probably after)
Painter: Poussin, Nicolas (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1681 - 1719

Note

II/II.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 245 mm Width 179 mm
Sheet Height 295 mm Width 215 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Mezzotint

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Pet: Schenck fec: et exc:
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Amstelod: cum Privil:
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Veritas nunquam latet. Seneca, Troad.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: Four lines of text, in two blocks

  • Text: Hier word de Waarbeid, in het aansien van de Nyd / En felle Gramschap, van den Tyd om hoog geheven, // Om, in't onstenflyk hof te blinken, steeds te leven, / En hen te aanschouwen in een wanhoop. dol van spyt.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: Unidentifed variant

  • Text: Strasbourg Lily with initials 4WP
  • Type: Watermark
  • Text: 135
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1795-1991
Primary reference Number: 86199
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 366 II/II
Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon): 120
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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