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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1897,1231.375
Description
Allegorical scene with two female personifications (Philautia or 'self-love' with mirror and snake; and Justice with scales and sword) flanking the helmeted coat of arms of Bünau family charged with lion heads and crested with a winged helmet at left and a peacock-feathered helmet at right; Moses and other figures standing beyond; after Dubourg; illustration to an unidentified publication, possibly by Heinrich von Bünau. 1734 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
François Morellon de la Cave
After:
Louis Fabritius Dubourg
School/style
Dutch
French
Production date
1734
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
82 millimetres
Width:
84 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
heraldry
allegory/personification
Associated names
Associated with:
Hainrich Graf von Bünau
Representation of:
Justitia/Iustitia
Representation of:
Moses
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
(L.344)
Acquisition date
1897
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1897,1231.375
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1983,U.8