print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1879,1213.294
- Title
- Object: Licius Anneus Seneque
- Description
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Portrait of Seneca, half-length directed to the right, head in profile, bearded, holding scroll in his left hand, his right hand raised; illustration from Thevet's 'Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres' (Paris, 1584), page 605.
Engraving, letterpress below and on verso
- Production date
- 1584
- Dimensions
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Height: 173 millimetres
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Width: 142 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Les vrais 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
- 1879,1213.294
