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Medallion Design of a Head of a Roman Emperor
Christoffel Jegher1631-1634
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: Medallion Design of a Head of a Roman Emperor
- Creator: Christoffel Jegher after Hubertus Goltzius
- Date Created: 1631-1634
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Latin text on verso
- Set or Series Title: Icones Imperatorum Romanorum
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of James Bergquist, 1992
- Materials & Techniques: Chiaroscuro woodcut from 2 blocks on laid paper
- Keywords: circular images, Classical, designs, emperors
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: From “Icones Imperatorum Romanorum”; from a set of 144 medallions (Antwerp: Plantin-Moretus Press)
- Dimensions: Image dimensions: 170 mm x 170 mm (6.69 in. x 6.69 in.).
- Bibliography: Hollstein 201; Strauss “Chiaroscuro” 158
- Associated People: Created by Christoffel Jegher (Dutch (Flemish), baptized 1596 - died 1652-1653), After Hubertus Goltzius (Flemish, 1526-1583)
- Accession Number: 1992.20.1
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