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Attributed to Jacobus Neeffs
1610-
Nosce Te Ipsum (Allegory of Vanity), after Jordaens
ca. 1650
Published
ca. 1650
Engraving.
Plate mark: 11 1/8 x 13 5/8 inches (282 x 343 mm)
Purchased on the Ryskamp Fund.
2003.14
Notes
Watermark: foolscap.
After the drawing by Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678), Kent v selven, in the Library's collection (I, 237).
The Latin phrase Nosce Te Ipsum (Know yourself) in the cartouche on the engraving and the text beneath the image leave no ambiguity as to the moralizing subject matter. The text warns that the "foolish" (stulta) girl is concerned only with her fleeting outward appearance and not humbled by her mortality; the presence of a jester underscores her foolishness. -- Exhibition Label, from "Power and Grace: Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens"
After the drawing by Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678), Kent v selven, in the Library's collection (I, 237).
The Latin phrase Nosce Te Ipsum (Know yourself) in the cartouche on the engraving and the text beneath the image leave no ambiguity as to the moralizing subject matter. The text warns that the "foolish" (stulta) girl is concerned only with her fleeting outward appearance and not humbled by her mortality; the presence of a jester underscores her foolishness. -- Exhibition Label, from "Power and Grace: Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens"
Inscriptions/Markings
Unidentified blind stamp "M" at lower left (Lugt 1841).
Provenance
James A. Bergquist, Boston.
Associated names
Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678, After.
Bergquist, James A., former owner.
Bergquist, James A., former owner.
Bibliography
Tuinen, Ilona van. Power and Grace : Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens. New York : Morgan Library & Museum, 2018, page 78, fig. 35 (repr.)<br>Hollstein [Neefs] 27, n. 41 (after Jacob Jordaens).
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Department
Century prints
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