Album of Heroes, Kings, and Queens

16th century

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound album of 125 drawings in pen and ink and watercolor plus 1 hand-colored engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    book: 32.5 × 22 × 4.5 cm (12 13/16 × 8 11/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.9137

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard C. Levis (bookplate)

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite, inside front flyleaf: Bought at Sotheby's Apr. 9.1919 / Item 373 "Property of a Noble- / Man" (Lord Chesterfield); in black ink and graphite, inside back flyleaf: Michael Mercator AnnoDomini millesimo quingenttisimo & octagesimo octa vio (1588)

Watermarks

Briquet 4432

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