Portrait of Emperor Justinian I.

Date:
[1511]
Reference:
3336301i
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Description

The print is pasted down. Latin text is partially visible on the verso.

Publication/Creation

[Frankfurt]: [1511]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut on paper; 14.7 x 14.4 cm

Related material

print published in Paris, 1511 Institutiones imperiales : ordinate glosis textuales diuissiones habentur.... (b31038578)

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Identified as an illustration to Institutiones imperiales : ordinate glosis textuales diuissiones habentur... , Paris, 1511.
Justinian sits holding a sword and orb on a throne. His court sit before him either side of a checquered tiled floor on which two small dogs play; an ornate border surrounds the scene.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3336301i

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