Page 66 from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Cats" title="Jacob Cats">Jacob Cats</a>, <i>Monita amoris virginei, sive officium puellarum in castis amoribus, emblemate expressum. Maedchen-Pflicht, ofte Ampt der ionckvrovwen, in eerbaer liefde aenghewesen door sinne-beelden.</i> Published in Amsterdam by Willem Iansz Blaeu in 1620.
<p>The publication history of Cats’ emblematic works is rather confusing. His <i>Monita amoris virginei</i> of 1620, from which this image was taken, is a modified edition of his work <i>Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus, vitae humanae idam, Emblemata trifariam variatio, oculis subjectis</i> (Middelburg 1618) which contains exactly the same pictures. A later modification, called <i>Proteus ofte Minne-beelden verandert in Sinne-beelden</i> (Rotterdam 1627), repeats the same pictures but adds square frames to them. All these works should not be disturbed with Cats’ other (but similar) group of emblematic works, the <i>Emblemata moralia et ae[!]conomica</i> (Rotterdam 1627). For some bibliographic hints, see the standard publication by Arthur Henkel and Albrecht Schöne, <i>Emblemata. Handbuch der Sinnbildkunst</i>, Stuttgart (Germany) 1967 and reprinted, page xl/xli. But the edition of Amsterdam 1620 from which this picture has been taken is not mentioned by Henkel/Schöne.
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The copper engraving of all emblems was (according to Henkel/Schöne’s information about the first edition, Middleburg 1618) probably made by Jan Gerritsz Swelinck (born aroung 1601) after drawings of Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662). The <i>motto</i> of this emblem—the 6th one in the order of the book—reads <i>Fit spolians spolium</i>, “While hunting he/she became a bag him/herself”. After this page, 3 more pages follow with various citations interpreting the emblem.
Copper engraving probably by Jan Gerritsz Swelinck (born aroung 1601), after a drawing of Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662); scanned by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aristeas" title="User:Aristeas">Aristeas (Roman Eisele)</a> from his own copy of the original book.
1620, first published 1618
Scanned by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aristeas" title="User:Aristeas">Aristeas (Roman Eisele)</a> from his own copy of the original book.