print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1868,0711.273
Description: Plate 16: St Melania the Younger, kneeled facing left, folding her hands in prayer, looking upwards; after Abraham Bloemaert; Latin letterpress on verso; illustration to an edition of the "Sylva Anachoretica" (Hendrick Aertssens: 1619) Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert; After: Abraham Bloemaert; Published by: Hendrik Aertssens
School/style: Flemish; Dutch
Production date: 1612 (c.)
Production place: Published in: Antwerp (city)
Materials
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Dimensions: Height: 146 millimetres; Width: 92 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For comment see 1868,0711.257, for comment on the volume see 1864,0711.231
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (134); Roethlisberger 1993 / Abraham Bloemaert and his sons: Paintings and prints
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Antonius de Winghe (dedicatee); Representation of: St Melania the Younger
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0711.273

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