The Sorceress- a night piece
Jan van de Velde II, Dutch, 1593 - 1641
1626
Engraving on laid paper
Plate: 8 1/2 × 11 7/16 in. (21.6 × 29.1 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 9/16 in. (22.2 × 29.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund, the Robert J. Strasenburgh II 1942 Fund, the Barbara Dau '78 Fund for European Art, the Olivia H. Parker and John O. Parker '58 Acquisition Fund, the Stephen and Constance Spahn '63 Acquisition Fund, and the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
2019.42
Geography/Culture
Europe, Netherlands
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Translation of the Latin text below the image: “How many evils does lust, constrained by no limit, compel, and with what a sweet song drags even the purest minds of mortals into every (kind of) upheaval. [sed cito quam fallimur: something like, “but how quickly we are led astray” or “but how quickly we decline”]. Death takes over brief life, brief joy. What smiles for a moment grieves for eternity.” Translation by A. Szegedy-Maszak and Michael Roberts, Wesleyan University, 2006. Watermark: Crowned shield with crozier; countermark: the numeral 4 with letters appended. Similar to Heawood 1199 & 1201, 1616
Course History
OSHER, European Manuscript and Print Culture (1300-1600), Daniel Abosso, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
From Altarpiece to Portrait: Assembling a European Collection, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 21, 2019-January 27, 2020.
Provenance
Susand Schulman Printseller, New York, New York, and Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings; sold to present collection, 2019.
Catalogue Raisonne
Franken-van der Kellen 114; Hollstein 152 II/III (I-Before signature, date and the text in the margin. With the text in the fairy ring. Amsterdam (cut); only their state II impression illustrated on Rijksmuseum website); II-as described, plate complete; I
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