print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1972,U.5.7
- Description
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Empty female dress elevated on a base of a column, richly decorated, with a ruffed neckline and a bonnet, set within a niche in classicised interior, with various beauty products arranged at left and other accessories, including a fan, at right; illustration to the first edition of Johannes van Heemskerck's 'Publii Ovidii Nasonis Minne-Kunst'. 1622
Engraving
- Production date
- 1622
- Dimensions
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Height: 70 millimetres
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Width: 116 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- This is one plate from a set of eleven book illustrations to Johan van Heemskerck's 'Publii Ovidii Nasonis Minne-Kunst' (Amsterdam, 1622). For the curatorial comment on the entire work see 1972,U.5.1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Publii Ovidii Nasonis Minne-Kunst
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Associated Title: Ars Amatoria
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred to the department from the British Library in 1889; originally part of Hans Sloane collection.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1972,U.5.7