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Object Type
print
Museum number
1873,0809.465
Title
Series:
Virtues and Vices
Description
War, whole-length, wearing armour, holding aloft a shield and holding hilt to sword; a battlefield beyond Engraving
Producer name
After:
Jacques de Gheyn II
Published by:
Jacques de Gheyn II
Print made by:
Zacharias Dolendo
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1596-1597
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
235 millimetres
Width:
171
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment see 1873,0809.461. A related drawing in Leiden (Van Regteren Altena no. 181).
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(118)
(The De Gheyn family)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
Associated names
Representation of:
War
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Louis Bihn
Acquisition date
1873
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1873,0809.465