| Maker(s): | Visscher, Cornelis
| | Culture: | Dutch (ca. 1629-1658)
| | Title: | Pope Alexander VII
| | Date Made: | ca. 1650
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Engraving
| | Place Made: | Europe
| | Measurements: | Mat: 18 in x 14 in; 45.7 cm x 35.6 cm; Image: 12 3/16 in x 9 5/16 in; 31 cm x 23.7 cm; Sheet/Plate: 12 1/4 in x 9 7/16 in; 31.1 cm x 24 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: verso, lwr. ctr. (printed, etched from plate): Nunguam hoc mortales invicta Modestia vultu Justitiamg decens et sponte adamabile verum / Induit, aut cælo nata, zenata solo est; Nulla, nisi talis, forma placere potest. / Alma nec humana sese Sapientia menti Dum Pax, Consilium, Rectumg exposcitur, Orbis / Amplius explicuit, promenuitque coli; Qucerit ALEXANDRI, suspicit ora Dei. / PIE. / Corn. Visscher delin. (ill) Clemendt de Jonghe excudit; STAMP: verso, upp. l. (black ink): (illegible); INSCRIPTION: verso, upp. ctr. (graphite): (illegible)
| | Accession Number: | MH 2012.31.7
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with funds from Gaynor R. Strickler (Class of 1973)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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