M25960: The Way of the Devil

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M25960

People

Workshop of Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)
After Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)

Title

The Way of the Devil

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Four Ways of Living on Earth, 3
Original Language Title: Cultura Diaboli

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1573

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/54974

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 20.8 x 25.5 cm (8 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, upper edge, above design,, printer's ink, handwritten: fo. [?] 76e. [likely for 76th folio]
• watermark: left edge of design frame, at the middle, paper, pressed paper: 'B' in shield surmounted by a cross; countermark with horseman in a shield: most similar to Briquet, vol. III, nos. 8068-807, ascribed to Bruges, Amsterdam, and Brussels as well as about ten other European cities, c. 1560-80.
• inscription: recto, below design frame, printer's ink, engraved, Latin: Cultura Diaboli / 3 / Qui genus hoc inter vite versatur ut atra / Fortune inuidiam consanguinitate ligarit, / Demon erat, vacua dentes in pelle fatigans, / Et tacitus querens quam posset rodere carnem

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

N.H. (Groeningen, pt. 1) 152

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in honor of Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

M25960

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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