print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1879,1213.265
- Title
- Object: Iean de Montreal, Mathema/ticien
- Description
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Portrait of the mathematician Johann von Montreal; half-length, standing in profile to right, pointing with index finger of his right hand at a scientific instrument held up in the left towards the sun; wearing fur-trimmed cap and jacket with belt; illustration extracted from Andre Thevet's 'Pourtraits et Vies des Hommes Illustres' (Paris: 1584, Book 6, p. 575). 1584
Engraving, woodcut initial letter, letterpress
- Production date
- 1584
- Dimensions
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Height: 175 millimetres (platemark)
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Height: 367 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 145 millimetres (platemark)
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Width: 233 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Pourtraits et Vies des Hommes Illustres
- 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
- 1879,1213.265