Val der giganten, Cornelis Bos (attributed to), after Pieter Coecke van Aelst (I), after Michiel Coxie (I), c. 1537 - c. 1555

Identification

Title(s)

Val der giganten

Object type

print

Object number

RP-P-BI-2776

Catalogue reference

Schéle 237-Doubtful attributions
Remark: volgens RMA door Cornelis Bos of werkplaats

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 2228
collector's mark: Lugt 240
inscription: ‘Affectasse ferunt regnum celeste gigantes at pater omnipotens misso perfregit olimpvm [...]’

Description

De giganten die zich opgeworpen hebben tegen de goden worden onder stenen bedolven. Rechts het licht van Jupiters bliksem. In de ondermarge een Latijns vers van Ovidius.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Cornelis Bos (attributed to)
after design by: Pieter Coecke van Aelst (I)
after design by: Michiel Coxie (I) (rejected attribution)

Place

unknown

Dating

c. 1537 - c. 1555

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 320 mm × width 416 mm

Explanatory note

Ontwerptekening aanwezig in RMA, inv.nr. RP-T-1951-253(R); Pendant van de Val der Giganten naar Giulio Romano door Cornelis Bos (Schéle nr. 60): RP-P-1891-A-16209.

Subject

What

the Giants buried beneath volcanoes

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Documentation

Cornelis Bos : a study of the origins of the netherland grotesque, p. 205, cat.nr. 237 (rejected prints)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.85642

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