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The Fate of an Evil Tongue
Nicoletto da Modena (Italian, active 1500–1512)
about 1507
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.5 × 20.5 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession NumberM28181
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind V, 121, 33; Bartsch XIII, 276, 37; Illustrated Bartsch 2508.037, only state; Le Blanc (as Rosex) 53
DescriptionThe phrase "lingua pravorum peribit" is taken from Proverbs 10:31. The full verse reads "os iusti parturiet sapientiam lingua pravorum peribit," or "The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut out." (New Revised Standard Version)
Signed
Signed in the plate on foremost pillar of the portico in centre: "NIC MVT".
Marks
Verso, lower right, stamped in gray-violet ink, the mark of James Reiss, Manchester and London (1812-1899)(Lugt 1522); verso, bottom left, stamped in red-orange ink, the mark of John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929)(Lugt 1508); verso, lower left, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceJames Reiss, (1812-1899, Manchester), Lugt 1522; J.P. Hesseltine, (1843-1929, London), Lugt 1508 (sale of June 3-5 1935 - Sotheby London?); PDP Register entry: Date acquired, 11/1/1920 [exact to month]