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Long rest craves provisions

Long rest craves provisions
(Diuturna quies vitiis Alimentum)
(c. 1641-1644)
plate from the Emblemata Nova (Nine Emblems) series, 1st edition

Medium
etching

Measurements
8.4 × 6.8 cm (image) 10.7 × 7.4 cm (plate) 11.1 × 7.7 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
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 646 i/ii; Pennington 453

Edition
1st of 2 states, 1st edition

Printing/Publishing
printed and published by Robert Walton and Thomas Hawkins, London

Inscription
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: Divturna quies vitiis Alimentum .
printed in ink l.r.: - et ni
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: Poſces ante diem librum cum lumine ſi non / Intendes animum ſtudiis et rebus honeſtis ! / Inuidia, vel amore vigil torque-bere .

Accession Number
1278.1319-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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