Amerigo Vespucci on His Ship, plate 3 from Americae Retectio (The Discovery of America)
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, 1560 - 1618
after Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish, 1523 - 1605
about 1585-1592
Engraving on laid paper
Plate: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 in. (25.1 × 33 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.964.38.3
Publisher
Philip Galle, Antwerp
Geography
Place Made: Belgium, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: AMERICUS VESPUCCIUS FLORENTINUS portentosa navigatione ad Occasum atque ad Austrum duas Orbis terrarum partes, nostris oris quas / incolimus maoires, te nullis antea nobis notas sœculis, aperuit, quarum alteram de sue nomine AMERICAM mortalium consensus nominavit, An. Sal 8 IIID.; inscribed, in plate, lower right margin: 3; Collector's mark, reverse, stamped, in blue ink, center: [diamond; possibly L. 3528 without initials]
Course History
ITAL 23, Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Italian Literature and Culture, Nancy Canepa, Winter 2015
Exhibition History
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10-October 14, 1996.
Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 23-March 21, 1976.
The Age of the Marvelous, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 21-November 24, 1991; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 25-March 22, 1992; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 24-August 25, 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 1992-January 3, 1993, no. 8D.
Publication History
Joy Kenseth, Editor, "The Age of the Marvelous", Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, 1991, pp. 226-227, no. 8C.
Provenance
William H. Schab, Dealer, Rare Books and Prints, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1964.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hollstein, Vol. 4: 469; New Hollstein (The Collaert Dynasty), Vol. 5: 1201; Baroni Vannucci (1997): 698
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu