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Object Type: print
Museum number: Gg,4E.85
Title: Object: Sigmundus Feyerabendius Bibliopola Franckfurti ad Moenum...
Description: Portrait of Sigismund Feyerabend, aged fifty-nine; half-length, standing slightly to left, glancing towards the viewer, holding a book upright on a table with his right hand, the left resting on table; wearing cap, fur coat, braded jacket, ruffled collar and cuffs, rings; flying angel carrying trumpet and banner lettered with 'Fama' at top right; second state. Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Jan Sadeler I
School/style: Flemish
Production date: 1587
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 156 millimetres; Width: 117 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1939,0410.68 for another impression.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (596.II)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Sigismund Feyerabend; Associated with: Franciscus Modius (author of verse)
Acquisition name: Transferred from: British Library
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: John Bagford (Lugt 4639); Previous owner/ex-collection: Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford
Acquisition date: 1814
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Gg,4E.85

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