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Giovanni Diodati
1643
plate from Pious Annotations Upon the Holy Bible by Giovanni Diodati, published by Nicholas Fussell, London, 1643
Medium
etching
Measurements
14.7 × 10.9 cm (image) 18.7 × 11.0 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 543 i/iv; Pennington 1388 i/vi
Edition
1st of 4 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. Hollar fecit 1643.
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: THE PORTRAICTVRE OF THE REVEREND, M:r (r in superscript above : ) / Iohn DIODATI Miniſter of Gods Word in Geneva / Ætat°: (° above : ) 66. Anno 1643.
printed in ink l.c.: Reader looke well on DIODATI, more / Vppon the Golden worke he ſtands before, / Lest in the Scriptures Labyrinth thy minde / Should ſnare and loſe it ſelfe, heer thou mayst finde / A Clue that will through each mysterious storie / Lead thee from earth vp to the throne of Glorie. / Wher thy well-guided ſoule ſhall once meet his / Whoe heer directs thee to eternall bliſs.
Accession Number
1278.1342-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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