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print
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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
H,5.47
Title
Series:
Achillis Bocchii Bonon. symbolicarum quaestionum de Universo genere quas serio ludebat
(Emblems of Achilles Bocchius.)
Description
Plate 85. Divine goodness at lower left, Mercury at right and Jupiter appearing above in a cloud; from a series of 150 engravings. 1555 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Giulio Bonasone
School/style
Italian
Production date
1555
Production place
Published in:
Bologna (province)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
110 millimetres
Width:
8 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See Comment for H,4.87.
Bibliographic references
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XV.163.262)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
symbol
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Hermes/Mercury
Representation of:
Zeus/Jupiter
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
George Cumberland Junior
Acquisition date
1820
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
H,5.47
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
1820,1111.172