The large thesis

The large thesis
(La Grande Thèses)
 1625

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
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Not on display

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