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Hans (Jan Baptist I) Collaert (Netherlandish, 1566–1628)

Joos de Momper, the Younger (Flemish, 1564–1635)

Joannes Galle (Netherlandish, 1600–1676)

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsPlatemark: 20.6 x 26.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 25.7 x 33.7 cm (10 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis

Accession number65.583

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InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: ARIES.; lower margin, lower center: MARTIVS.; lower left: Quondam menfis erat velocis Martius anni/Primus, tertium habet nunc noua posteritas.; lower right: Collucat, putat: hortos stercorat, instruit herbis./Incrementa simul Verqe Ariesqe ferunt.

Provenance1965, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, to the MFA for £350 [see note]. (Accession Date: May 12, 1965)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 65.580-65.592 were purchased for this amount.
NOTE: MFA accession nos. 65.580-65.592 were purchased for this amount.