Etienne Delaune and Jean Delaune
It is Useless to Hope to Conquer the World, Since the Ancients Did Not Succeed
1579
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- Artist: Etienne Delaune
- Artist: Jean Delaune
It is Useless to Hope to Conquer the World, Since the Ancients Did Not Succeed
1579
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 96 × 133 mm. (3 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)
Plate: 70 × 98 mm. (2 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.1105
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper right, in plate "O"; in image, upper left, in plate "STEPHANUS / PATER AET.61 / FOELICITE SCVLPSIT / IHOANI. FILIO / INVE. 1580"; in image, upper center, in print "ASIRRIA IN ARGENTINA PERSIA"; in image, lower left, in print "GRACIA"; in image, lower right, in print "ROMA" Verso: lower left in graphite "L"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
