print; title-page

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Object Type: print; title-page
Museum number: 1895,1031.1051
Description: Title-border with a Tabula Cebetis; with a garden divided into three concentric circles by low walls filled by a number of figures, including personifications of virtues and vices engaging in various pursuits illustrating social classes and moral choices; used on the title-page to Conrad Gesner, 'Lexicon Graecolatinu[m]', Basel: Petri, 1550; rather late impression, the sheet damaged, particularly at lower left. 1522 Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: Hans Holbein the Younger; Published by: Heinrich Petri; Block cut by: Hans Herman
School/style
Production date: 1550; 1522
Production place: Published in: Basel
Materials
Technique: woodcut; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 125 millimetres (Opening); Height: 279 millimetres (Printed area); Width: 192 millimetres; Width: 80 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (39); Passavant 1860-64 / Le Peintre-Graveur (III.403.90)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification (forune); virtues and vices; classical deity
Associated names: Illustration to: Conrad Gesner; Representation of: Tyche/Fortuna
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1895,1031.1051

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