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Dialectic

Dialectic
(1565)
plate 3 from the Seven liberal arts series, 1st edition, published by Hieronymous Cock, Antwerp, 1565

Medium
engraving
Measurements
21.2 × 28.3 cm irreg. (image) 22.8 × 28.3 cm irreg. (plate) 23.5 × 29.2 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Antwerp, Flanders
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 199 i/iii; Bierens de Haan 226
Edition
1st of 3 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: FRANC FLORVS . PINXIT IN SVBUR- / BANO, NICOLAI / IONGELINC PROPE / VRBEM ANVERPIĀ / HIERONYMVS / COQVVS EXCVDEBAT / 1565
printed in ink (in image) u.r.: DIALECTICA
printed (vertically) in ink (in image) l.l.: GORGIAS / LVCIANVS / ZENON
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: ARISTOTELES / LIBANIVS
printed in ink l.c.l.: VTI HOMINEM RATIONE DOCET DIALECTICA QVARE / MERITO ARTIVM APICEM MAGNVS HANC PLATO VOCAT
Accession Number
1278.221-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Philosophy, Scholarship, Learning and Teaching
Subjects (specific)
bird (animal) dialectic discussions (events) frogs (animals) Logic (allegorical character) men (male humans) reproductive prints women (female humans)