print; frontispiece

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Object Type: print; frontispiece
Museum number: 1858,0417.1303
Description: Frontispiece with a bust of St Augustine of Hippo in a niche, flanked by two allegorical figures holding laurel crown above him, one with papal crown and keys (Ecclesia?), the other holding a pyramid (Africa?), four personifications of the Vices lying in foreground, two putti holding episcopal attributes and an angel blowing a trumpet above; after Erasmus Quellinus. 1634 Engraving
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Production date: 1634
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Dimensions: Height: 286 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 211 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For a proof impression see also 2006,U.1144.
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; cleric; virtues and vices
Associated names: Portrait of: St Augustine of Hippo; Representation of: Vices
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Acquisition date: 1858
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1858,0417.1303

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