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Object Type
Museum number: 1891,0414.143
Description: Portrait of Hans von Aachen, bust to left, in an oval with an elaborate surround (the oval portrait is a separate plate 125.00 x 100.00 mm); the portrait is set within an architectural altarpiece surmounted by a female figure holding a billowing sail-like piece of material; she has long hair that falls down, locks of which are held by Hercules and an allegorical figure holding an easel and brushes representing Art who flank the portrait; after Pieter Isaacsz. 1605 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Jan Saenredam; After: Pieter Isaacsz.
School/style
Production date: 1605
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Technique
Dimensions: Height: 400 millimetres; Width: 322 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The related drawing by Isacksz. is in Hamburg. For another impression see O,6.4.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (124); New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (62.III) (Hans von Aachen); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.250.105); Muller II 1853 / Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 Portretten, van Nederlanders (undescribed); van Someren 1888 / Beschriivende catalogus van Gegraveerde Portretten van Nederlanders. Vervolg op Frederik Mullers catalogus van 7000 Portretten van Nederlanders. (2698*)
Location: On display (G90)
Exhibition history: 2022 17 Mar-28 Aug, BM, G90, 'Printmaking in Prague: art from the court of Rudolf II'
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Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1891,0414.143

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