The Artist and his Models
Medium/TechniqueEtching and chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in brown and sepia
DimensionsSheet: 30.8 x 23.2 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1985.781
InscriptionsIn plate, l.l.: Abraham Bloemaert inventor.
In plate, u.r.: No 140
In plate, l.r.: fredericus Bloemaert filius fecit
In plate, beneath image: Prima Pars./ Artis Apellea, liber hic, studiosa inventus,/ Aptata ingenio fert rudimenta tuo/ Hoc duce carpe viam, membratim tota figura,/ Discitur, his gradibus scandere ad alta dabit. [This book, studious youths, brings to your mind the appropriate rudiments of the art of Apelles: follow the road with this guide, learn piece by piece the whole figure, climbing these steps leads to the height.]
Nicolaus Visscher excudit.
In plate, beneath image, l.l.: 1
In brown ink, verso, u.c.: No 140
