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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R13541
People
Adriaen Collaert, Flemish (c. 1560 - 1618)
Title
Merchants in Dispute because of Fraud, Forgery, and an Ignorant Scribe
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Abuses of Process (two numbered plates)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c.1590
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/239759

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 20.3 × 27.2 cm (8 × 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, bottom: 2/ Inuida Fraus, turpis Fallacia, Scriptor aberrans,/ Impellunt tetritas Mercatori vndiq[ue] lites./ Door t'scalke bedroch, door valscheit argelitstich,/ Ooc door scryuers sot wert de Coopman meest twistich./ Abominatio est apud D[omi]n[u]m pondus et pondus, statera dolosa non est bona. pro. ac./ Omnia ergo quaecunq[ue] vultis vt faciant vobis homines> et vos facite illis. Matt. 7.
  • inscription: in plate, u.l.: Fraus
  • inscription: in plate, u.l.: Mercator
  • inscription: in plate, upper center: Fallacia
  • inscription: in plate, l.r.: Scriba/ imperitus
  • inscription: in plate, l.r.: Adr. Collaert sculp./ Phls Galle excud.
  • watermark: recto, center left: curved shape (animal skin? armorial?)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein VI.5.1280

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R13541
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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