NICOLAS LAUWERS (1600-1652), after GERARD SEGHERS (1591-1651) (1600–1652)
ST CECILIA with THREE ANGELS MAKING MUSIC
Year
c.1645
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 317 x 371 mm; 12 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.
Sheet: 338 x 385 mm; 13 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.
Signed and dated
Signed in the plate “Nicol. Lauwers sculp.” lower right; “Gerardus Seghers inven.” lower left.
Inscribed in the plate “Cæcilis alterno luditque canitque susurro. Respondet parili picta Juuenta choro. En ut tacta fides, melos ut dent ora puella; Angelicum ut resones, viue etiam angelicè.”.
Unidentified letter B watermark.
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Provenance
H.F. de la Motte-Fouquet (1795-1874, Germany), Lugt 778;
Private collection, New York, 1980;
With David Tunick, Inc.
Private collection, New York, 1980;
With David Tunick, Inc.
Literature
Wurzbach 8, first state of two, before the address of Meyssens; Hollstein 13.
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