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De leone belgico, eiusque topographica atque historica descriptione liber, quinque partibus gubernatorum Philippi regis Hispaniarum ordine, distinctus ...Francisci Hogenbergii centum & XII figuris ornatus; rerumque in Belgio maxime gestarum, inde ab anno Christi M.D.LIX. usque ad annum M.D.LXXXIII. perpetua narratione continuatus
Tournament in the Grand' Place, Brussels
De leone belgico, eiusque topographica atque historica descriptione liber, quinque partibus gubernatorum Philippi regis Hispaniarum ordine, distinctus ...Francisci Hogenbergii centum & XII figuris ornatus; rerumque in Belgio maxime gestarum, inde ab anno Christi M.D.LIX. usque ad annum M.D.LXXXIII. perpetua narratione continuatus
Medium/Technique
Etching
Dimensions
19 x 28.1 cm (7 1/2 x 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maureen Mahoney
Accession Number1999.616
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionJudging from printed text on verso (visible, although mounted down) this is a book illustration.
InscriptionsTypographical heading visible on verso: TOPOGRAPHICA ATQUE HISTORICA DEONIS BELGICI DESCRIPTIO; 1500 in graphite at right center margin.
ProvenancePurchased by donor in 1968 from A. Van Loock, print and book dealer in Brussels