Identification title(s): portrait of emperor aurelian. Les images presque de tous les empereurs (series title). Object type: print page object number: bi-2008-4132-52. Catalog reference: number of states known-2(2). Note: with hatching. Description: portrait of emperor aurelian, on a coin with edge writing. The print is part of a book about the emperors from julius caesar to charles v and his brother ferdinand. Manufacture. Manufacturer: block cutter: joos gietleughen, printmaker: hubert goltzius, printer: gillis coppens van diest (i), publisher: hubert goltzius. Place of manufacture: antwerp. Date: 1557 and/or 1559. Physical characteristics: etching in black and chiaroscuro woodcut in brown, printed from a copper plate and a wooden tone block; letterpress text. Material: paper technique: etching / chiaroscuro woodcut / letterpress. Dimensions: image: h 180 mm × w 179 mm. Subject: what: emperor. Who: aurelian (emperor of the roman empire). Acquisition: donation 2008. Date: 1557 en/of 1559.
Loading...
