print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1879,1213.245
- Title
- Object: Anne de Mont-morency Connestable de France
- Description
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Portrait of Anne de Montmorency, Constable of France, half-length directed to right, glancing to front, wearing surcoat emblazoned with eagles, and an armour, and holding an upright sword in his right hand; his helmet on the right; illustration to Thevet's "Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres" (Paris, 1584), p. 449
Engraving and letterpress
- Production date
- 1584 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 173 millimetres (plate-mark)
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Height: 362 millimetres (sheet size)
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Width: 143 millimetres
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Width: 232 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
- 1879,1213.245