F. Gvido de Blanchefort F. Fabritivs de Carretto ; F. Philippvs de Villers Lisle Adam ; F. Perinvs de Ponte / [graphic]
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16729738
Description
- Title
- F. Gvido de Blanchefort F. Fabritivs de Carretto ; F. Philippvs de Villers Lisle Adam ; F. Perinvs de Ponte / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- F. Guido de Blanchefort ; F. Fabritius de Carretto ; F. Philippus de Villers Lisle Adam ; F. Perinus de Ponte
- Creator
- Thomassin, Philippe, 1562-1622, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [1588]
- Publication Place
- Rome
- Publisher
- Populus Romanus
- Abstract
-
Four oval portraits, one occupying each quadrant of the plate, of the 41st through 44th Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of Malta). The sitter's name is engraved within the surrounding border of each portrait. A decorative cross fills the space in the center, as do the Roman numerals XLI-XLIV, which number the portraits
- Description
-
Titles from text within the borders of the portraits.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Plate from: Statuta Hospitalis Hierusalem. Rome : [Populus Romanus], [1586-]1588.
Imperfect; only the portrait in the lower left quadrant is present, with the rest of the plate trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression.
Mounted on page 148 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
Mounted beside a sheet (5.5 x 15.2 cm), trimmed from the bottom of a different portrait plate, with the engraved title: Philippe Villiers de L'isle-Adam, Grand Prieur de France ...
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
- Extent
- 1 print : oval sheet 9.5 x 7.4 cm
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Portraits
Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Etchings Italy Rome 1588
Engravings Italy Rome 1588 - Material
- etching and engraving ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Blanchefort, Guy de, 1446-1513
Carretto, Fabrizio del, 1455-1521
Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Philippe, 1464-1534
Ponte, Piero del, 1462-1535 - Subject (Topic)
- Knights of Malta
- Subjects
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Blanchefort, Guy de, 1446-1513 > Portraits
Carretto, Fabrizio del, 1455-1521 > Portraits
Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Philippe, 1464-1534 > Portraits
Ponte, Piero del, 1462-1535 > Portraits
Knights of Malta
Italy > Rome > 1588
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13506757
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729738
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