print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1871,1209.679
- Description
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Two sides of one round medallion; the obverse with a portrait of Erasmus, bust in profile to the right; the reverse with a sculpted bust of Terminus facing the left; French letterpress on verso; after Quentin Metsys;illustration on page 163 of the second volume of Isaac Bullart's "Académie des Sciences et Arts..." (Foppens: Brussels 1682)
Engraving
- Production date
- 1682 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 135 millimetres
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Width: 174 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After the 1519 medal by Quentin Metsys, for example in the British Museum see M.2913. For another impression of this engraving 1896,1230.53.
For comment on the publication see 1853,0112.1663.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Académie des Sciences et Arts contenant les vies et éloges his. des hommes illustres qui ony excellé en ces professions depuis environ quatre siècles
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,1209.679