Allegory of Rhetoric. Woman leaning against a pedestal adorned with sphinxes, she has a caduceus in her right hand and a scroll or papyrus in her left hand, at her feet a book, in the background some people on a stage harangue a crowd. Title engraved at the top, bottom right “Ioan Sadeler sculp. et excud. M. de Vos inven. ". Inscribed below: “Rhetoricae vario delectat Splendida cultu. / Ornamentumquae adhibet dictis vivosquae colores ”and the numbers 7 on the right and 161 on the left. engraving, 145x105mm Nice impression with good margins.
Allegory of Rhetoric. Woman leaning against a pedestal adorned with sphinxes, she has a caduceus in her right hand and a scroll or papyrus in her left hand, at her feet a book, in the background some people on a stage harangue a crowd. Title engraved at the top, bottom right “Ioan Sadeler sculp. et excud. M. de Vos inven. ". Inscribed below: “Rhetoricae vario delectat Splendida cultu. / Ornamentumquae adhibet dictis vivosquae colores ”and the numbers 7 on the right and 161 on the left. engraving, 145x105mm Nice impression with good margins.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
