Identification title(s): monument in honor of johann baptista von tassis, 1588. Object type: print historical object representation object number: rp-p-ob-80. 066. Catalog reference: fmh 975. Hollstein dutch 189. Description: monument erected in honor of johann baptista von tassis by his son, killed at the siege of bonn on april 26 and buried in cologne on may 12, 1588. Plaque with a painting by tassis with john the baptist kneeling before the crucifix. At the top a plaque with latin inscription and decorated with allegorical figures of virtues. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: cornelis galle (ii) (mentioned on object), after a drawing by: nicolaas van der horst (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: southern netherlands. Dating: 1643 - 1645. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 460 mm × w 210 mm explanation used as illustration in: j. Chifflet, les marques d'honneur de la maison de tassis, b. Moretus (ii), antwerp 1645. Subject: what: grave, tomb and other grave-forms and grave-markerspicture, painting. Cologne war. When: 1588-05-12 - 1588-05-12. Where: cologne. Who: johann baptista von tassis. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: between 1643 and 1645.
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