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Jacobus Neeffs
1610-
Nosce Te Ipsum (Allegory of Vanity), after Jordaens
Engraving.
Plate mark: 11 1/8 x 13 5/8 inches (282 x 343 mm)
Purchased on the Ryskamp Fund.
2003.14
Provenance:
James A. Bergquist, Boston.
Inscription:
Unidentified blind stamp "M" at lower left (Lugt 1841).
Notes:
Watermark: foolscap.
After the drawing by Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678), Kent v selven, in the Library's collection (I, 237).
The Latin phrase Nosce Te Ipsum (Know yourself) in the cartouche on the engraving and the text beneath the image leave no ambiguity as to the moralizing subject matter. The text warns that the "foolish" (stulta) girl is concerned only with her fleeting outward appearance and not humbled by her mortality; the presence of a jester underscores her foolishness. -- Exhibition Label, from "Power and Grace: Drawings by Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens"
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