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Object Type
print
Museum number
Gg,4U.16
Description
Portrait of Jean Taisner, aged 53, half-length, turned slightly to the left, head turned to face the viewer; with moustache and beard, wearing a doublet with white collar and a mantle, holding a roll of paper in his left hand, a compass lies in front of him, in the background an hourglass and a globe; within laurel oval with in each corner a coat of arms. 1562 Woodcut
Producer name
Print made by:
Anonymous
Published by:
François Foppens I
School/style
Netherlandish
French
Production date
1562
(c.)
Production place
Published in:
Brussels
Materials
paper
Technique
woodcut
Dimensions
Height:
136 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
98 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For a copy by Nicolas de Larmessin, see 1920,1211.1631.
Bibliographic references
Muller II 1853 / Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 Portretten, van Nederlanders
(undescribed)
van Someren 1888 / Beschriivende catalogus van Gegraveerde Portretten van Nederlanders. Vervolg op Frederik Mullers catalogus van 7000 Portretten van Nederlanders.
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Jean Taisner
Illustration to:
Isaac Bullart
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Bagford
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford
Acquisition date
1814
Acquisition notes
Inscribed "B" in pen and brown ink, at top right of the pedestal.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Gg,4U.16