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print
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broadside
Object Type
print
broadside
Museum number
1895,0122.143
Description
Portrait of Nicodemus Frischlin; half-length, in frontal view, the head turned slightly to left; holding gloves and a book, his hands resting on a balustrade; flanked by an ornate arch; with letterpress epigram and type ornament border. 1578 Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
Philipp Röhnlin
Printed by:
Alexander Hock
School/style
German
Production date
1579
1578
Production place
Printed in:
Tübingen (region)
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
268 millimetres
(Sheet)
Height:
110 millimetres
Width:
130 millimetres
Width:
69 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(Undescribed)
Strauss 1975 / The German single-leaf woodcut 1550-1600
(II.884.1)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Nicodemus Frischlin
Acquisition name
Donated by:
William Mitchell
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Giuseppe Storck
Acquisition date
1895
Acquisition notes
Inscribed on verso : 'G. Storck a Milano 1798 In. No 7575' Also inscribed with a third collector's mark in brown ink (not in Lugt?): 'JW...'
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1895,0122.143