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Jan van Leiden

Print
1536 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Heinrich Aldegrever (engraver)
Place of origin
Germany (printed)

Print, portrait of a man, half length, facing left and holding a book and a sceptre.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Scotland
Object type
Print
TitleJan van Leiden (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Jan van Leiden, engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever, 1536.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, half length, facing left and holding a book and a sceptre.
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.8cm (cut)
  • Width: 22.2cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
German School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AG' (Signed with monogram)
  • 'Johan va Leiden Ey Koninck Der Wederdoper Tho Monster Waerhaftich Coter. Haec Facies…Ego Henricus Aldegrever SUZATIE Faciebat Anno MDXXXVI. Gottes Macht Ist Myn Cracht.' (Lettered)
  • (Stamped with the mark of the collection of William Bell Scott (1811-1890) (Lugt 2607))
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Leader
Jan Van Leiden
Bibliographic references
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1954.
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Le Peintre Graveur. Vienna: J. A. Barth, 1808-21.
  • Singer, Hans Wolfgang. Allgemeiner Bildinskatalog. Leipzig: K.W. Hiersemann, 14 v.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O567562/jan-van-leiden-print-heinrich-aldegrever/
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