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Arcus aliquot triumphal et monimenta

Author: Johannes Sambucus (1531–1584)
Workshop of: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
1572
Place of Publication: Antwerp, Belgium

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with sixteen engravings
Dimensions Overall: 32 x 21.5 x 5.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number50.6.3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Antwerp: Philips Galle, 1572

Catalogue Raisonné Berlin 2940; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, VII, p. 80, no. 401; New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, Philips Galle, Pt. IV, p. 251, no. R24
Description(Antwerp: Philips Galle, 1572) Folio; 36 leaves; original gilt-stamped armorial green vellum binding (green cloth box). BOUND with: 50.6.1-2 and .4-15 (Hoffmann album)

Illustrations of designs for triumphal arches, with emblematic motifs
ProvenanceFerdinand Hoffmann von Grünpichl-Strechau (b. 1540 -d. 1607), Prague; given by Ferdinand Hoffmann to his wife, Margaretha von Harrach; by descent through the Counts Harrach to the Hradec Library, Czech Republic. 1950, sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)