print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1872,1012.3828
- Title
- Series: Proverbi figurati consecrati al Serenissimo Principe Francesco Maria di Toscana
- Description
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Titlepage to the series; The personifications of Time, bearded, with wings and holding a scythe and History, an old lady, carrying a thick book, seen recling on a plynth, lettered with inscription and date; an hourglass to left and a burning brazier; below, a poem. 1678
Etching
- Production date
- 1678
- Dimensions
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Height: 272 millimetres
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Width: 197 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Title-page to the series of 48 plates plus a title-page (Bertarelli 422-471); BM does not hold B. 423, i.e. a dedication plate. Bertarelli notes that sets often lack the plate of dedication, which may only have been added to special copies, and not to those offered for general sale.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,1012.3828