Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban
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George Vertue
(London, 1684 - 1756)
subject
Francis Bacon
(London, 1561 - 1626, London)
Date1726
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumEngraving
Dimensions22 x 15.5 cm (8 11/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.007673
eMuseum ID727360
Other NumberP27w546
Previous Number398
EmbARK ObjectID12691
Original Numbernone, under S27w54 (I&N)
TMS Source ID1755
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
MarksNotesInscribed in engraving: "FRANCISVS BACON BARO DE VERLA STA/ ALBNI VICMS/ SEV NOTIORIBVS TITVIS/ SCIENTIARVM LVMEN FACVNDIAE LEX/ SIC SEDEBAT" [translation: "Francis Bacon/ Baron of Verulan, Viscount St. Albans/ or, by more conspicuous titles,/ of Science the Light, of Eloquence the Law,/ sat thus"]
Inscribed in engraving: "QVI POSTQVAM OMNIA NATVRALIS SAPIENTIAE/ ET CIVILIS ARCANA EVOLVISSET/ NATVRAE DECRETVM EXPLEVIT/ COMPOSITA SOLVANTVR/ ANO DNI MDCXXVI/ AETAT LXVI" [translation: "Who after all Natural Wisdom/ And Secrets of Civil Life he had unfolded/ Nature's Law fulfilled--/ Let Compounds be dissolved! In the year of our Lord 1626, aged 66"]
Inscribed in ink (on verso, top center): [indecipherable]
Inscribed in graphite (on verso, bottom center): "To be [indecipherable]"; "2117"
Inscribed in graphite (on verso, bottom right): "50/co"
Inscribed in engraving: "QVI POSTQVAM OMNIA NATVRALIS SAPIENTIAE/ ET CIVILIS ARCANA EVOLVISSET/ NATVRAE DECRETVM EXPLEVIT/ COMPOSITA SOLVANTVR/ ANO DNI MDCXXVI/ AETAT LXVI" [translation: "Who after all Natural Wisdom/ And Secrets of Civil Life he had unfolded/ Nature's Law fulfilled--/ Let Compounds be dissolved! In the year of our Lord 1626, aged 66"]
Inscribed in ink (on verso, top center): [indecipherable]
Inscribed in graphite (on verso, bottom center): "To be [indecipherable]"; "2117"
Inscribed in graphite (on verso, bottom right): "50/co"
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
