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Hadrianus Traiectensis Pontifex Maximus: AD.4.12-76

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Hadrianus Traiectensis Pontifex Maximus
Portrait of Adrian VI

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Scorel, Jan van (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Note

Copy after Philips Galle's engraving for a 1572 edition of the series of portraits 'Virorum Doctorum de Disciplinis benemerentium Effigies XLIIII', reverse direction. Plate numbered lower right corner: 10 (and AA from the lettering on the second state of Galle's print, A4). Latin in margin 'Regnat ubi in terris... haec eadem'.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.4.12-76
Primary reference Number: 203380
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 584 copy
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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