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Object Type
print
Museum number
1897,1231.68
Description
The coat-of-arms of Franz Behem; with a rampant lion holding a printer's roller in the shield and a half-length female figure holding flowers, and a skull placed on an hourglass in the crest; placed underneath a round portal with portrait medallions of Emperor Charles V and Ferdinand, King of the Romans in the upper corners. 1551 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Hans Abel the Younger
School/style
German
Production date
1551
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
138 millimetres
Width:
109 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Nagler 1858-79 / Die Monogrammisten
(III.587.6)
O'Dell 2003 / Deutsche und österreichische Exlibris 1500-1599 im Britischen Museum
(46)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
heraldry
Associated names
Representation of:
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Representation of:
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Associated with:
Franz Behem
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1897
Acquisition notes
L.344.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1897,1231.68
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1982,U.2207