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title-page
Object Type
print
title-page
Museum number
1872,0511.1073
Description
Titlepage to R.P. Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide's 'Salomon Sive Commentarius in Proverbia Salomonis' (Paris 1635), showing King Solomon seated on a throne to left flanked by lions, a Queen and other women kneeling before him, two men in the foreground carrying gifts, another to left holding an open book inscribed with the title. Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Grégoire Huret
(also draughtsman)
Published by:
Sébastien Cramoisy
School/style
French
Production date
1635
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
340 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
210 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For a duplicate see 1872,0608.514
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
RP Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide
Representation of:
Solomon
Acquisition name
Donated by:
James Hughes Anderdon
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1872,0511.1073