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147 - Maerten van Heemskerck, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Heraclitus and Democritus, or an exhortation to patience and tolerance
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Maerten van Heemskerck, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Heraclitus and Democritus, or an exhortation to patience and tolerance Description: Heraclitus and Democritus, or an exhortation to patience and tolerance. On the left stands Democritus, the laughing philosopher. He points to a globe. In his hand, a book. On the other side of the globe is Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher. He, too, holds a book. He wipes away his tears with his toga. The globe wears a jester's cap, referring to the folly of the world. Very rare engraving made by Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert (1522-1590) in 1557 after a drawing of Maerten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), published by Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp ca 1557. References: Hollstein Dutch 475. Very rare engraving in very good condition. Printed on thin laid paper, just on/in the margins. Very good dark strong early impression. With a good watermark: Hand. Dimensions: 19,2 cm x 26,4 cm Condition: Very rare engraving in very good condition. Printed on thin laid paper, just on/in the margins. Very good dark strong early impression. With a good watermark: Hand. Literature: New Hollstein Dutch 475 Medium: engraving Date: 1557
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