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print
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book-illustration
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title-page
Object Type
print
book-illustration
title-page
Museum number
1895,0122.1075
Description
Title-page border with four separate strips, with Greek and Roman philosophers, writers and the coronation of Homer; at the top-centre the bust of Solomon, flanked by two philosophers on either side; the horizontal strips are divided into five compartments, each containing two scholars; in the lower section Homer is being crowned at a well by Calliope, the remaining eight muses stand on either side; taken from Strabo, Geographicorum comentarii ..., Basel, V. Curio, March 1523 (2°). 1523 Metalcut and letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
Hans Holbein the Younger
Block cut by:
Jacob Faber
Published by:
Valentin Curio
School/style
German
Production date
1523
Materials
paper
Technique
metalcut
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
279 millimetres
(borderlines)
Width:
189 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Cut by Faber after a design by Holbein. Two impressions from other editions are also extant at the BM. See F. Hieronymus, Basler Buchillustration 1500 bis 1545, exh. cat. Basel 1984, no. 419. C. Müller: Hans Holbein d. J. Die Druckgraphik im Kupferstichkabinett Basel, exh. cat. 1997, no. 45.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(54.a)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
philosopher
scholar
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Solomon
Representation of:
Homer
Representation of:
Muses
Representation of:
Socrates
Representation of:
Pythagoras
Representation of:
Aristotle
Representation of:
Plato
Representation of:
Demosthenes
Representation of:
Plutarch
Representation of:
Cicero
Representation of:
Pliny the Elder
Representation of:
Sallust
Representation of:
Hesiod
Representation of:
Euripides
Representation of:
Ovid
Representation of:
Lucretius
Representation of:
Pindarus
Representation of:
Theocritus
Representation of:
Aristophanes
Representation of:
Virgil
Representation of:
Horace
Representation of:
Quintilian
Representation of:
Aristides
Representation of:
Lucian
Representation of:
Livy
Representation of:
Aulus Gellius
Acquisition name
Donated by:
William Mitchell
Acquisition date
1895
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1895,0122.1075