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Come into my garden, my sister, my wife

first half 1600s

published by

Carel Collaert

Flanders, 17th century

Engraving

Support: Beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Platemark: 9.8 x 7.1 cm (3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert H. Getscher in honor of Louise S. Richards 1992.177

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

upper center, in plate (in banderole): Veni in horcum meum soror mea sposa. Cant. 5. ; lower left, in plate: Car. Collaert excud. ; across botton, in plate: En Dilectus meus loquitur mihi: Surge, propera / amica mea, columba mea, formosa mea, et veni. / Ick die vol sonden, cruel, O JESUS groot van crachten / Offer v myn siel, myn hert, en myn ghedachen. ; lower left, in pen and brown ink (faded): 306

Exhibition history

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).