Portrait of Four Boys in Front of a House
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![Per tal variare Natura e bella. (Through such variety nature is beautiful.) Alea parva Nuces, et non damnosa videtur: Saepe tamen pueris abstulit illa nates. (Gambling with nuts is thought a harmless game; but it has often raised the boys’ buttocks [=boys have been beated on the buttocks]), part II, plate 12, from "Archetypa Studiaque Patris Georgii Hoefnagelii"](/internal/media/dispatcher/16933/thumbnail)
Portrait of Four Boys in Front of a House
Maker
American
Date19th century
MediumPhotograph (stereograph)
Dimensionsimage: 3 1/4 in. x 5 7/8 in. (8.3 cm x 14.9 cm); mount: 3 3/8 in. x 6 7/8 in. (8.6 cm x 17.5 cm)
ClassificationPHOTOGRAPHS
Credit LineGift of Rosamond Brown Vaule (Class of 1959)
Object number2009.369
Status
Not on viewRightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
possibly Jacob HoefnagelTheodor de Bry (and possibly workshop)after Joris Hoefnagel
published 1592