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ThePrintsCollector Antique Print-Morality-Eagle-Mercury-Pouring-Gomberville-Van Veen-1646

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  • Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.3 x 13.8 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 7.1 inch.
  • Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 23.5 x 35 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 18 cm.
  • Medium: Copperplate etching/engraving on a verge type handlaid paper.
  • Condition: Very good, given age. Right edge uneven. Some foxing, general age-related toning and/or light staining from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Subject: Original print, titled: Qui ayme sa condition est heureux (Who loves his circumstances is happy). It is captioned with a French poem: Le mespris des grandeurs, de la pomp, & du bruit / et le repos obscur d'une innocente vie; / ont ce couple sacre jusqu'au Throne conduit. / La gloire est comme l'ombre, elle suit qui la fuit; / et fuit ceux don�t elle est suivie (The contempt of grandeur, pomp and noise, and all the rest that obscures an innocent life; have the sacred couple led to the throne. Glory is like the shadows, it follows what flees from it; an flees from those who pursue it).Description: This original print originates from 'La Theatre Moral de la Vie Humaine, representee en plus de cent tableaux divers, tirees du poete Horace' by Gomberville, 1646.Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Otto van Veen (also: Venius, Octavius Vaenius, 1556-1629).

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