Harvard Art Museums > 2018.161: Plato’s Cave Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Plato’s Cave (Jan Saenredam) , 2018.161,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/361410. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2018.161 People Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft) Title Plato’s Cave Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1604 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/361410 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving on off-white antique laid paper Technique Engraving Dimensions sheet: 32.9 × 44.8 cm (12 15/16 × 17 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: upper center, in plate: LVX VENIT IN MVDVN ET DILEXERVNT HOMINES MAGIS TENEBRAS QVAM LVCEM. I0.3.19 / ANTRVM PLATONICVM. inscription: lower center, below image: [lower left:] Maxima pars homium cecis immersa tenebris / Volvitur assiduè, & studio letatiur inani: / Adspice út obiec tis obtútús in bereat úmbris, / Vt VERI simúlarra omnes mirentúr amentg, [lower left-center:] Et s tolidi vanâ lúdantúri in l imagine rerúm, / Qúam paúci meliore lúto, qúi in lúmine púro / Secreti â tolidâ túrbâ, ludibria cernunt / Rerúm vmbras rectags expedúnt omnia lance: [lower right-center:] Hi postâ erroris nebulâ dignoscere possúnt / Vera bona, atgue alios cecâ ƒub nocte latentes / Extrabere in claram lucem conantúr, at illis / Núllús amor lucis, tanta est rationis egestas. [lower right:] C.C. Harlemensis Inv. / ISandredam Sculpsit / Henr. Hondius excudit. / 1604. [lower margin:] H.L. SPIEGEL FIGVRARI ET SCVLPI CVRAVIT. AC DOCTISS. ORNATISS. QZD.PET.PAAW IN LVGDVN. ACAD. PROFESSORI MEDICO D.D. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Carolyn Cohen, bequest; to Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn, 2018, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 2018 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ii/ii Standard Reference Number Hollstein 116 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn from the collection of Carolyn Cohen Accession Year 2018 Object Number 2018.161 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
