Vivae omnium fere imperatorum imagines, a C. Iulio Caes. usque ad Carolum.V. et Ferdinandum...Lib. I

Publisher Published by van Diest Flemish

1557

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Title and 133 medallions printed with etched plates and chiaroscuro tone woodcut blocks. Plates etched by Hubert Goltzius and woodcut color blocks by Joos van Gietleughen.

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Title: Vivae omnium fere imperatorum imagines, a C. Iulio Caes. usque ad Carolum.V. et Ferdinandum...Lib. I
Artist: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, Wurzburg 1526–1583 Bruges)
Artist: Joos van Gietleughen (Netherlandish, active ca. 1555)
Publisher: Published by van Diest , Antwerp
Date: 1557
Medium: Etching and chiaroscuro woodcut with letterpress text
Dimensions: 12 7/8 × 9 3/4 × 1 7/16 in. (32.7 × 24.8 × 3.6 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Mortimer L. Schiff, 1918
Object Number: 18.57.9
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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