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The large thesis

The large thesis
(La Grande Thèses)
 1625

Medium
etching and engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
81.0 × 50.4 cm (image) 81.2 × 50.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lieure 569 i/iii
Edition
1st of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Iac. Callot In et Fecit in aqua forti.
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: FRANCISCO A LOTHARINGIA PARENTI OPT. / HÆ PATREM DIVÆ
printed in ink (in image) c.: NICOLAVS FRANCISCVS FILIVS
printed in ink (in image) l.c. FACIENT HEC NVMINA / GNATVM / (11 lines of Latin text) / CONCLVSIONES PHYSICÆ. / (35 lines of Latin text in three columns) / Harum veritatem Deo auſpice propugnabit illuſtriſsimus & Reuerendiſssimus Princeps NICOLAVS FRANCISCVS A LOTHARINGIA Epiſcopus & Comes Tullenſis S. R. I. Princeps / in aula maiore Collegÿ Muſsipontani Societatis IESV, Die Ang. Anno 1625.
printed in ink (in image) u.l.-l.r.: (Latin words and phrases)
Accession Number
1595-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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