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Allegory of America (America Avro et Argento Meos Repleo, or I, America, Fill My People with Gold and Silver)
16th century
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 22.5 x 32.1 cm (8 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number55.230
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Signed
Not signed
Marks
No watermark; verso, MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 55.230; in graphite: L 350; L a/c
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper left: America, agresti ignorantia, in occidente; ; on cart wheels: [??]SILIA; HISPAN IOLA; CURA; PER V; in margin below image: AMERICA AVRO ET ARGENTO MEOS REPLEO
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab (dealer), New York, NY; April 14, 1955, purchased from Schab by the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1955)