Jodocus Buyck, Mayor of Amsterdam
after 1588
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
Credit LineBequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession numberM26857
InscriptionsIn plate, on scroll: Solatur conscientia et finis
In plate, engraved below image: Effigies / Judoci Buyckij V. C. / Senatoris, Consulis Amstelredamen[sis]. / etc . / Ob: IIII: Id: Feb: An: MDLXXXVIII. / Æt: LXXXII.
In plate, at lower right: Joan. Mullerus sculpsit.
Below platemark, manuscript in a late 16th- or early 17th-century italic hand: Haec est canities Batavi veneranda Solonis, / Buyckia quo gaudet Gens decorata viro. / Amsteldamæos, sacri pars magna Senatus, / Rexit consilio, relligione, fide. / At tandem expellit populi male-suada furentis / Seditio, Patriæ qui fuit usque Pater. / Scilicet ut virtus é Coelo proemia speret, / invida quæ meritis Terra negare solet. / F. V. F. Plempius.ProvenanceWashington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1917), Clinton, MA; August 1, 1917, his bequest to the MFA.
