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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M19804
People
Jost Amman, Swiss (Zurich, Switzerland 1539 - 1591 Nuremberg, Germany)
Title
Gaspard de Coligni, Admiral of France
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1573
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/259471

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 36.6 x 26.6 cm (14 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in design, top, in cartouche: Effigies Gasparis de Colig= / ni. D. de Castilione. Amir= / al n Franciae &c.
  • inscription: in design, bottom, left and right: Fecit Norimbergae Jos / 15 // Amman Tigurinus / 73
  • collector's mark: verso, printed paper label: Frances Hofer [within a double ruled square border]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, in Philip Hofer's hand: bot of R. G. Michel Paris / thru Peter Wick for 300 N. frs / $RV50 [50 smaller and underlined, as if 50 cents], 11/64 // By Jost Amman [underlined with a wavy line]
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: o / 50
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: B. 17. / c.25623 / B. 17 / VRUXX

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein 134, Bartsch 17, Andriesen 1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Object Number
M19804
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/13/2020 - 07/27/2021

Verification Level

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