print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1879,1213.165
- Title
- Object: Gille de Rome Archevesque de Bourges
- Description
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Portrait of Giles of Rome, half-length in profile to right, his rigtht hand resting on a book, wearing a close-fitted cap and a sleeveless robe over a striped shirt; illustration to Thevet's "Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres" (Paris, 1584), p. 149
Engraving and letterpress
- Production date
- 1584 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 171 millimetres (plate-mark)
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Height: 362 millimetres (sheet size)
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Width: 140 millimetres
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Width: 230 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Vrais portraits et vies des hommes illustres (1584)
- Acquisition date
- 1879
- Acquisition notes
- 1879,1213.92 to 315 is a set of the portraits illustrating Thevet's 'Vies des Hommes Illustres' of 1584.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1879,1213.165