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Emblemata Nobilitati

Print
1592-93 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The border is printed from a different plate to that of the central plate.

Plate 5.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEmblemata Nobilitati (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Theodor de Bry. Plate from a suite of 94 plates of emblems and cartouches within borders of still life and grotesque ornament entitled 'Emblemata Nobilitati'. Germany or the Netherlands, 1592-93.
Physical description
The border is printed from a different plate to that of the central plate.

Plate 5.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 14.1cm
  • To plate mark width: 11.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Numbered '5' in the centre left of the central plate.
  • Lettered between the margin and the plate mark on the central plate: 'LEATA BEAT POPVLOS PAX, QVAM VICTORIA FECIT'
Bibliographic references
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no.42.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951): vol. 4, nos.30-123.
Collection
Accession number
13673:23

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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