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broadside
Object Type
print
broadside
Museum number
1924,0617.11
Title
Series:
'Die bildnus der Romischen Kayser abkunterfet'
('The likenesses of Roman Emperors portrayed')
Description
Sheet 3: six portraits of Roman emperors set in laurel wreaths, each accompanied by a brief description of their lives. Nero, Domitian and Trajan in left profile, Claudius, Galba and Nerva in right profile. Damaged and repaired upper right corner. Horizontal crease. (n.p.:n.d.) Woodcut and letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
Sebald Beham
Printed by:
Christoph Zell
School/style
German
Production date
1530-1550
Production place
Printed in:
Nuremberg
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
letterpress
Dimensions
Diameter:
72 millimetres
(Portraits)
Height:
388 millimetres
(Sheet size)
Width:
282 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Second folio sheet of three forming a set of fourteen portraits of Roman emperors, for the other two sheets see BM 1924,0617.10 and 11.
Bibliographic references
Pauli 1901-11 / Hans Sebald Beham: Ein Kritisches Verzeichniss seiner Kupferstiche Radirungen und Holzschnitte
(917, 918, 919, 924, 925, 926)
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(917, 918, 919, 924, 925, 926)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(Undescribed)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VIII.236.131)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
ancient history
Associated names
Representation of:
Claudius I
Representation of:
Nero
Representation of:
Galba
Representation of:
Domitian
Representation of:
Nerva
Representation of:
Trajan
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Albertina
Acquisition date
1924
Acquisition notes
From the old Hofbibliothek collection
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1924,0617.11