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Dialectic

Cornelis CORT (engraver), Frans FLORIS (after)
Dialectic
 (1565)
plate 3 from the Seven liberal arts series, 1st edition, published by Hieronymous Cock, Antwerp, 1565

Medium
engraving

Measurements
21.2 × 28.3 cm irreg. (image) 22.8 × 28.3 cm irreg. (plate) 23.5 × 29.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Antwerp, Flanders

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 199 i/iii; Bierens de Haan 226

Edition
1st of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: FRANC FLORVS . PINXIT IN SVBUR- / BANO, NICOLAI / IONGELINC PROPE / VRBEM ANVERPIĀ / HIERONYMVS / COQVVS EXCVDEBAT / 1565
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: DIALECTICA
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) l.l.: GORGIAS / LVCIANVS / ZENON
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: ARISTOTELES / LIBANIVS
printed in ink l.c.l.: VTI HOMINEM RATIONE DOCET DIALECTICA QVARE / MERITO ARTIVM APICEM MAGNVS HANC PLATO VOCAT

Accession Number
1278.221-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Philosophy, Scholarship, Learning and Teaching

Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) dialectic discussions (events) frogs (animals) Logic (allegorical character) men (male humans) reproductive prints women (female humans)

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