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Ocean


Mirror of Roman Magnificence
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
Nicolas Beatrizet (French, 1507 or 1515–about 1565)
1560

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 28.9 × 37.6 cm (11 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1479
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 097, only state; Illustrated Bartsch 97; Robert-Dumesnil 101, ii/iii; Meyer 101, ii/iii; IFF vol. 1, pp. 90-91, ii/iii; Le Blanc 38; Huelsen 62b
Marks Recto, upper right, stamped in black ink, the mark of the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf (Lugt 2309); recto, bottom center, in gray ink, the duplicate stamp of the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf (Lugt 702); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, "AMICE QUAM TU HIC EFFIGIEM SPECTATU RARAM DEMIRARIS OCEANI EST. ANNIS SUPERIORIB. ROMAE REPERTA AD ARCUM CAMPILIANI UBI ANTEA NILI ET TIBERIS QUOR. NUNC IN VATICANO INTRA PONTIFICUM HORTIS VISUNTUR IMAGINES SED HUIUSCE SPECTATU DIGNUM SIMULACHRUM NUNC IN AEDIBUS IO BAPTISTAE ET IO VINCENTII FABIORUM ROMAE AD SARRAE AREAM VISITUR INTERIM QUOD HUNC IN MODUM TIBI REPRHESENTATUR OCEANUS: NICOLAO BEATRICIO LOTHARINGO GRATIAS HABE VALE ROMAE MDLX"

Translation: Friend, you marvel at seeing here the rare image of the ocean, which was discovered in Rome in the latest years in Rome near the Arch of Campilianus. Today images are seen within the Vatican grounds, but his worthy likeness is now looked at in the households of the Baptist and of the Vincentius. In the meantime for Ocean is displayed for you in this way: have thanks for Nicolas Beatrizet and be well in Rome. 1560
ProvenanceEarly provenance not researched; Henry F. Sewall (1816-1896, New York, Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA, November 1897.