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Portret van Claudius Ptolemeüs, Cornelis Galle (I), after Jean Jacques Boissard, 1669

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Portret van Claudius Ptolemeüs, Cornelis Galle (I), after Jean Jacques Boissard, 1669

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Identification

Title(s)

Portret van Claudius Ptolemeüs

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1908-3359

Catalogue reference

Collectie Rijksmuseum-2(2)

Description

Borstbeeld van Claudius Ptolemeüs. De wiskundige houdt een rekentafeltje in zijn hand en draagt een baret. Onder de voorstelling een Latijns vers.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Cornelis Galle (I)
after design by: Jean Jacques Boissard (possibly)

Place

unknown

Dating

c. 1597 - c. 1599 and/or 1669

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 138 mm × width 108 mm

Explanatory note

Gemaakt voor: J.J. Boissard, Icones virorum illustrium doctrina &c eruditione praestanti um contines. Frankfurt am Main: de Bry, 1597-1599. Opnieuw gebruikt in: J.J.Boissard, Bibliotheca chalcographica, hoc est Virtute et eruditione clarorum Virorum Imagines. Heidelberg: Clemens Ammon, 1669. (te herkennen aan de toegevoegde signatuur in de rechter onderhoek: 3A).

Subject

Who

Claudius Ptolemeaus

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1905

Copyright

Public domain

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.345835