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Out of sight, out of mind

BRY, Johann Theodor de (Strasbourg, 1561 - Frankfurt, 1623).
Out of sight, out of mind.
Engraving, 1596
94x104 mm.
Inscription: "HEU NIMIUM CAECIS ERRANT CONNUBIA FATIS".
Numbered in lower left: "22".
Paper with watermark.

Bibliography:
Hollstein Dutch 240-287

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Inscription translation: "HEU NIMIUM CAECIS ERRANT CONNUBIA FATIS": Alas! Too many marriages go astray because blind Destiny.

Illustration to "Emblemata Saecularia" (Frankfurt, 1596).