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Scachus Ismael Persa

Print
1596 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, left profile, within a circular border, framed by flowers, insects and animals. On the back is a descriptive Latin text in letterpress.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleScachus Ismael Persa (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of Scachus (?) Ismael, King of Persia, engraving by Theodor de Bry, 1596.
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, left profile, within a circular border, framed by flowers, insects and animals. On the back is a descriptive Latin text in letterpress.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm (cut)
  • Width: 13.3cm (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
Marks and inscriptions
'Scachus Ismael Persa.' (Lettered with 4 lines of Latin inscription and)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Object history
This print was published as a plate to face page 103 of Vitae et Icones Sultanorum Turcicorum by J. J. Boissard, Frankfort-am-Main, 1596.

It is unclear who the sitter is, though it is possibly Ismail II (1537-1577), King of Persia.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Accession number
E.1812-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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