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Icones imperatorum romanorum
Author: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Illustrated by: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Woodcuts by: Christoffel Jegher (Dutch, 1596–1652 or 1653)
Engraver: Cornelis Galle, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1576–1650)
After: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Editor: Jean Gaspard Gevaerts (Flemish, 1593–1666)
Printer: Balthasar Moretus (Flemish, 1574–1641)
Illustrated by: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Woodcuts by: Christoffel Jegher (Dutch, 1596–1652 or 1653)
Engraver: Cornelis Galle, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1576–1650)
After: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Editor: Jean Gaspard Gevaerts (Flemish, 1593–1666)
Printer: Balthasar Moretus (Flemish, 1574–1641)
1645
Place of Publication: Antwerp, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with engraved title page and 145 chiaroscuro woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 24.4 x 5.2 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.397
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus, 1645
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein IX, p. 194, nos. 208-353
Description(Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus, 1645) Folio; 221 leaves [of 222, lacking last leaf with printer's mark]; contemporary blind-stamped vellum, red leather label (red cloth box).
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 engraved 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 (BR1075 & KBR315).
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 engraved 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 (BR1075 & KBR315).
ProvenanceJ. Bart de la Faille, Groningen; John Nolty; W. G Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955; cf. Lugt 3593), Boston; 1955, bequest of Allen to MFA . (Accession Date: April 8, 1964)