Hans Collaert II
Conspicilla

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Artist Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1566–1628)Flemish, 1566–1628

Artistafter Johannes Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605, active Italy)Flemish, 1523–1605, active Italy

PublisherPublished by Joannes Galle (Flemish, c. 1600–1676)Flemish, c. 1600–1676

CultureFlemish

Titles

Conspicilla
Invention of Eyeglasses

Datec. 1600

MediumEngraving on laid paper

DimensionsPlate: 7 3/4 × 10 1/2 in. (19.7 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 13 9/16 in. (28.3 × 34.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1998.9.15

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PRINTS

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Picturing the Senses in European Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 10–July 17, 2011.

"Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe," Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 6–December 11, 2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, January 17–April 8, 2012.

"Renaissance Technology in Print," Hawn Gallery, Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, August 20–October 12, 2012.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Printed on the plate bottom left below the image: 15 .

Printed on the plate centered below the image: CONSPICILLA .

Printed on the plate bottom margin below the image: Inuenta conspicilla funt, quae luminum Obscuriores detegunt caligines .

Printed on the image bottom left to right: Ioan. Stradanus inuent. Ioan. Collaert Sculp. Ioan. Galle excud.

verso printed label with typed additions: HARVARD ART MUSEUMS[underlined] / Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe / Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum (6 September 2011-10 December 2011) /
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art (17 January 2012-8 April 2012) / Hans Collaert the younger / Invention of the Compass[underlined] / Sarah Campbell Foundation / Object No. TL40986.12 / Cat. No.: 1 Crate No.: PPK 16

Catalogue raisonnéNew Hollstein 337 (Stradanus); New Hollstein 1208 (Collaert)

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