Icones imperatorum romanorum1645Hubert GoltziusHubert GoltziusChristoffel JegherCornelis Galle, Sr.Peter Paul RubensJean Gaspard GevaertsBalthasar MoretusOverall: 37.1 x 24.2 x 6.5 cm (14 5/8 x 9 1/2 x 2 9/16 in.)Illustrated book with engraved title page and 145 chiaroscuro woodcutsMuseum PurchaseBR10751(Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus, 1645) Folio; 222 leaves; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped vellum
Engraved title page after Rubens; two-colored chiaroscuro woodcut medallion portraits of classical and contemporary rulers. Later edition of treatise first published in 1557 (MFA owns three copies); this has been enlarged with further text by Gevaerts. The engraved title is by Cornelis Galle I after Rubens. The chiaroscuro woodcuts were cut after the original illustrations, and there are several further ones. Most scholars attribute them to the senior Jegher, but Hollstein catalogues them under Jan Christoffel Jegher (Christoffel's son, 1618-1667). The MFA has two further copies of this edition (KBR315 & 64.397).Illustrated books37.10000000006.500000000044055801