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Object Type
print
Museum number
1917,1208.159
Title
Object:
L'Aurore ou le Matin
(Aurora or Morning)
Series:
The Times of the Day
Description
Three-quarter length female figure in profile to left; wearing contemporary dress; holding a burning torch in her left hand and a pearl necklace in her right hand; landscape background; rom a set of four Times of Day as mythological women. Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jeremias Falck
Published by:
Jean Leblond I
School/style
German
Polish
Production date
1639-1645
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
398 millimetres
(Plate-mark)
Width:
277 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
BM has a complete set of the series.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(115)
Block 1890 / Jeremias Falck. Sein Leben und seine Werke
(115)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
time/seasons
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Eos/Aurora
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall
In Memory of:
Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 5th Lord Dingwall
Acquisition date
1917
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1917,1208.159
Conservation
Treatment
: 23 Feb 2009
Treatment
: 18 Sep 2009