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Jodocus Buyck, Mayor of Amsterdam

(Dutch, 1571–1628)
after 1588
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
Credit LineBequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession numberM26857
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ClassificationsPrints
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.