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The Sorceress
Jan van de Velde1626
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: The Sorceress
- Creator: Jan van de Velde II
- Date Created: 1626
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Translation of Latin text below image: “How many evils does lust, constrained by no limit, compel, and with what asweet song drags even the purest minds of mortals into every (kind of) upheaval. [sed cito quam fallimur: something like, “but how quickly we are led astray” or “but how quickly we decline”]. Death takes over brief life, brief joy. What smiles for a moment grieves for eternity.” Translation by A. Szegedy-Maszak and Michael Roberts 2006. See object file for notes on translation.
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of Alice C. (Mrs. Isaac) Carter, 1959
- Materials & Techniques: Etching. Watermark: Coat of arms with fleur-de-lis
- Keywords: allegory, magic
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Bibliography: F. & v.d.k. 114; Wurzbach 114
- Associated People: Created by Jan van de Velde II (Dutch, ca. 1593 - 1641)
- Accession Number: 1959.16.4
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