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Janus Jacobus Boissardus

Print
1596 (published)
Artist/Maker
Theodor De Bry (engraver)
Place of origin
Frankfurt-am-Main (published)

Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, right profile, within a decorative oval border with letters.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleJanus Jacobus Boissardus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Jean-Jacques Boissard, engraving by Theodor de Bry, plate from a set of 60 in Boissard's Theatrum Vitae Humanae..., 1596.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, right profile, within a decorative oval border with letters.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm (cut)
  • Width: 8.9cm (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
'Janus Jacobus Boissardus Vesuntinus Anno Aet LXV.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Poet
Jean-Jacques Boissard
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4205-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O563385/janus-jacobus-boissardus-print-theodor-de-bry/
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