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C1661
Dicere pro vifu jus contra jura, Saleuce, Non potuit caecus fed modo lufcus amor. Redditur innocuo paenae pars parfq nonceti, Totaq in ambobus dimidiata fuit. O bene compofitis faelices legibus urbes: Cum Iudex oculis praetulit aequa fuis.
Artist:
Jacob van Campen (1596 - 1657)
Zaleucus having one of his eyes removed for one of his son’s eyes, with six lines of verse by A. Montanus below. Zaleucus was a lawgiver of the Italian Locri. His penalty for adultery was the loss of an eye, … Read Full Description
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S/N: APES-DEC-023–200963
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Full Title:
Dicere pro vifu jus contra jura, Saleuce, Non potuit caecus fed modo lufcus amor. Redditur innocuo paenae pars parfq nonceti, Totaq in ambobus dimidiata fuit. O bene compofitis faelices legibus urbes: Cum Iudex oculis praetulit aequa fuis.
Date:
C1661
Artist:
Jacob van Campen (1596 - 1657)
Condition:
Centre fold as issued with some minor creasing on top RHS, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
320mm
x 430mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1661
Description:
Zaleucus having one of his eyes removed for one of his son’s eyes, with six lines of verse by A. Montanus below. Zaleucus was a lawgiver of the Italian Locri. His penalty for adultery was the loss of an eye, famous in the 4th century as ‘lex talionis’ (an eye for an eye) After a marble relief sculpture found in the Royal Palace, Amsterdam
Artist:
Jacob van Campen (1596-1657) was a Dutch artist and architect, he designed a number of major buildings in the Netherlands, among which are the Mauritshuis, Paleis Noordeinde, and the Amsterdam town hall. Jacob Vennekool (c. 1630-1680) was a famous Amsterdam architect. He supplied the drawings. Hubertus Quellinus (1619-1687) was a Flemish engraver from the Baroque period. Original copper engraving.
