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Collections

Marten de Vos (after)
The Song of Songsno date

Not on view
Engraving of a crowned king on a lion-flanked throne displaying an open book of music notation to robed and turbaned figures in a columned hall, with Latin text below
Engraving depicting a group of figures beneath a large tree; a crowned woman kneels before a robed male figure offering flowering branches, flanked by two figures in priestly vestments carrying stone tablets at left and armored soldiers at right; Latin text inscribed along the bottom margin; fine cross-hatched linework throughout
Engraving depicting a richly dressed woman reclining on an ornate canopied bed, flanked by two decorated columns labeled 'IVSTITIA' and 'PRVDENTIA,' with groups of robed figures gathered on either side; small narrative scenes in relief adorn the bed's base, and Latin text appears below.
Engraving of two robed figures seated outdoors amid grapevines and a palm tree: a bearded male figure gesturing upward toward a dove in clouds, and a crowned female figure holding a cross-staff, with a landscape scene and Latin text below.
Engraving with two scenes framed by columns: at left, a crowded interior with robed figures gathered before a raised altar with incense smoke; a crowned woman seated on a lion throne occupies the center. At right, a muscular bearded figure carries a large cross outdoors. Latin text appears along the bottom margin.
Engraving with fine crosshatching; a crowned woman kneels at center with hands clasped, gazing upward at a robed figure emerging from billowing clouds holding an open book inscribed "VERBVM VITAE"; a dove descends between them; crowned and robed female figures flank the scene on both sides; classical architecture and landscape in the background; Latin text in two columns below.
Artist or Maker
Marten de Vos (after)
Title
The Song of Songs
Place Made
Flanders
Date Made
no date
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (21 x 26 cm); Sheet: 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.2 cm) each
Credit Line
Prints and Drawings Special Purpose Fund
Accession Number
M.77.14.1-.6
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings