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Allegory of America (America Avro et Argento Meos Repleo, or I, America, Fill My People with Gold and Silver)

16th century
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 22.5 x 32.1 cm (8 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number55.230
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: America, agresti ignorantia, in occidente; ; on cart wheels: [??]SILIA; HISPAN IOLA; CURA; PER V; in margin below image: AMERICA AVRO ET ARGENTO MEOS REPLEO
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab (dealer), New York, NY; April 14, 1955, purchased from Schab by the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1955)
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