Schema, seu Speculum Principum. (Skills of a Prince)

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Artist/Maker	Sadeler, Raphael I (printmaker) Van Der Straet, Jan (artist)
Place of origin	Europe (printed)

An engraving depicting, in the foreground, a youth wearing a crown of flowers and holding a flaming torch in their right hand. To left of the youth there are various symbols of marriage including, a bed, a laid table and two chests containing dowry items. In the background there are people thronging in a square.

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Categories	Prints Marriage Royalty
Object type	Print
Titles	Schema, seu Speculum Principum. (Skills of a Prince) (series title) Nuptiae (Wedding) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Engraving on paper Paper Printing Ink Engraving
Brief description	Print by Raphael Sadeler the Elder after Johannes Stradanus, 'Nuptiae (Wedding),' plate from 'Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince),' engraving, Europe, 1597
Physical description	An engraving depicting, in the foreground, a youth wearing a crown of flowers and holding a flaming torch in their right hand. To left of the youth there are various symbols of marriage including, a bed, a laid table and two chests containing dowry items. In the background there are people thronging in a square.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 8.125in Cut to width: 11.25in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Marks and inscriptions	'Rap. Sadeler scalps. Joan Stradan. figurauit.' (Signed)
Subjects depicted	Marriage Wedding Prince
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.549-1932

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O746390/schema-seu-speculum-principum-skills-print-sadeler-raphael-i/

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