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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1873,0510.3631
Title
Object:
Apelles Pict. Athen:
Description
Portrait of Apelles, bust-length to right, his right hand resting on a panel and holding a brush, in an octagon with caryatids on either side, and scenes from Apelles' life above and below; illustration to Joachim von Sandrart's "Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae". 1683
Producer name
Print made by:
Johann Jacob von Sandrart
Published by:
Christian Frober
School/style
German
Production date
1683
Production place
Published in:
Nuremberg
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
307 millimetres
Width:
212 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(346.II)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Apelles
Illustration to:
Joachim von Sandrart
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Academia nobilissimae artis pictoriae
Acquisition name
Donated by:
James Hughes Anderdon
Acquisition date
1873
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1873,0510.3631