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print
;
broadside
(See Curatorial Comment)
Object Type
print
broadside
(See Curatorial Comment)
Museum number
1858,0626.324
Title
Object:
[Hierinn findt man die namen der fürnämsten erfindern des himmels louffs, sampt iren contrafeitischen Instrumenten]
Description
Roundel with a half-length figure of Leopoldus in profile to left, holding an astronomical instrument in his right hand; one of thirty-one fragments of a broadside on forty-eight famous astronomers. (Zurich: c.1545-6) Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
Heinrich Vogtherr I
Printed by:
Eustachius Froschauer the Elder
Formerly attributed to:
Hans Holbein the Younger
School/style
German
Production date
1545-1546
Production place
Printed in:
Zürich (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
letterpress
Dimensions
Diameter:
39 millimetres
(Woodcut borderline)
Height:
62 millimetres
(Sheet size)
Width:
61 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See Curatorial Comment for 1895,0122.1078. Leopoldus not identified.
Bibliographic references
Geisberg 1974 / The German single-leaf woodcut: 1500-1550
(1432-1434)
Passavant 1860-64 / Le Peintre-Graveur
(III.382.34)
(Holbein)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
astronomy
astrologer
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henry Graves & Co
Acquisition date
1858
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1858,0626.324