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The Great Lion
Jacob (Jacques) de Gheyn II (Dutch, 1565–1629)
Published by: Joos de Bosscher (Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1587–died in 1591)
Published by: Joos de Bosscher (Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1587–died in 1591)
1590
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Trimmed within platemark: 26.2 x 34.3 cm (10 5/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 27.3 x 34.9 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 27.3 x 34.9 cm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2012.115
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. VII, de Gheyn) 298 (I/II); Filedt Kok and Leesberg (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish) de Gheyn Family, part II) 170 (I/II)
State
I/II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower left: I D Gheyn.fe.
Marks
Watermark in the center of the right edge, possibly a name or initials in a lozenge, with twisted pillars above. Recto, in pencil, lower right: 17. Verso, collector's stamp in red: JG [Jules Gerbeau, Lugt 1165]; collector's stamp in red: O [with crown above; Comte Octave Edouard de Behague, Lugt 2004]; in pencil: DH; MFA stamp with accession number in pencil: 2012.115
InscriptionsIn plate, between two oval engraved lines framing image: *EN LEO MAGNANIMVS, VIGILANTI MENT RECVMBENS: VERBERET VT CAVDAM, TOLLAT VT IPSE IVBAS. NEC FVGIENS, NEC QVEM METVENS: SED PROMPTVS ET ACER * AD PROSTERNENDVM, SE DOCET ESSE FERAM . HiR
In plate, at lower right: IBosscher. excu
In plate, at lower right: IBosscher. excu
ProvenanceComte Octave Edouard de Behague (b. 1827/1828 – d. 1879; Lugt 2004), Paris. Jules Gerbeau (d. 1906; Lugt 1165), Paris. April 2, 1998, anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, sold to Hill-Stone, Inc., New York; 1998, sold by Hill-Stone to Robert Wheaton (d. 2010), Cambridge, MA; by descent to his widow, Barbara Wheaton, Cambridge; 2011, sold by Barbara Wheaton to Hill-Stone, Inc.; 2012, sold by Hill-Stone to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)