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Arithmetic

Arithmetic
(1565)
plate 2 from the Seven liberal arts series, 1st edition, published by Hieronymous Cock, Antwerp, 1565

Medium
engraving

Measurements
21.4 × 28.0 cm (image) 22.6 × 28.0 cm (plate) 23.4 × 28.8 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 198 i/iii; Bierens de Haan 225

Edition
1st of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: •FF (monogram)• INVĒTOR •H• COCK EXCUD ABRAHAM
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) l.c.l.: PYTHAGORAS
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) l.c.r.: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: ARITHMETICA / 2
printed in ink l.l.: HAEC CONTEMPLANDIS NUMERIS ARS GAUDET, EORUM / OCCULTA SOLLERS ERVENS MYSTERIA.

Accession Number
1278.222-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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