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print
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broadside
Object Type
print
broadside
Museum number
1924,0617.9
Title
Series:
'Die bildnus der Romischen Kayser abkunterfet'
('The likenesses of Roman Emperors portrayed')
Description
Sheet 1: On the right the portrait heads of Julius Caesar (in right profile) and Otho (in left profile) set inside laurel wreaths. Below each portrait a short description of their lives. On the left a short history of Rome from its foundation to the beginning of the empire and an assessment of the fourteen emperors featured in the series. Damage to the top left corner repaired. (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:
394 millimetres
(Sheet size)
Width:
286 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
First 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
(913 and 920)
Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700
(913 and 920)
Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols
(Undescribed)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(VIII.236.129)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
ancient history
Associated names
Representation of:
Julius Caesar
Representation of:
Otho
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Albertina
Acquisition date
1924
Acquisition notes
From the old Hofbibliothek collection
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1924,0617.9