Die Nacht (Reproduktionsstich)

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Basic data

Date

1645

Material(s) / Technique

Kupferstich

Dimensions

349 x 253 mm

Inscriptions

NOX. / Languida, dormitans hæc femina, Noctis imago est. / Sideribus vestes undiq(ue) picta suas. / Cingunte demissam Læthæa papavera frontem, / Et pueris iuxta membra sopore iacent. / Interea per nox ferali carmine bubo / Ingemit, et tot mussat in orbe quies. / Evigila è tenebris Anima, et dum cœlica versas, / Displiceat vitæ Nox scelerata tuæ.

Signature and notation

unten links: J, Sandrart Pinxit.; unten rechts: Suyderhoef sculpsit.

Documented in

Hollstein Dutch & Flemish [Hollstein, Friedrich Wilhelm (Begr.)/Hoop Scheffer, D. de/Lujten, Ger/Boon, Karel G. (Hrsgg.): Hollstein’s Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts: ca. 1450–1700, 71 Bde., Amsterdam u.a. 1949–2007] 9

External resources

British Museum: D,7.75