s.d.

English translation: sine die /date unknown

14:58 Jul 15, 2020
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Dutch term or phrase: s.d.
This is in the context of a label next to a piece of art as follows:
[name of painter], [title of painting], s.d. CC 2383, CC 847
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 19:25
English translation:sine die /date unknown
Explanation:
Latin abbreviation.
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James Duncan
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:25
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1 +1sine die /date unknown
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sine die /date unknown


Explanation:
Latin abbreviation.

James Duncan
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:25
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I think this is a possibility, though I've never come across it in decades of art translation, and it seems a bit pretentious to use Latin when they could just say "undated".
40 mins

agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: http://www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=3&european... ; hier afwisselend 'niet gedateerd'; s.d. en datering, in de vorm van een jaartal.
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