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"

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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"
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"
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"

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"

Maker (b. 1575, Antwerp, Belgium – d. ca. 1630, Netherlands)
Maker (b. 1528, Liège, Belgium – d. 1598, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Maker (b. 1542, Antwerp, Belgium – d. 1601, Vienna, Austria)
Datepublished 1592
MediumEngraving
Dimensionssheet: 10 15/16 in. x 14 in. (27.8 cm x 35.6 cm); platemark: 7 1/8 in. x 9 3/16 in. (18.1 cm x 23.3 cm); image: 5 3/4 in. x 7 15/16 in. (14.6 cm x 20.2 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineMuseum purchase, The Dorothy Johnston Towne (Class of 1923) Fund
Object number2016.23
Status
Not on view
RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws
Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA