A kneeling woman presents a letter to a man seated on a canopied throne.
- Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536
- Date:
- [1531]
- Reference:
- 3335850i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Illustration from a book about the rise and fall of world empires, primarily the empire of Alexander the Great and his successors in the Hellenistic East.
Publication/Creation
[Augsburg]: [1531]
Physical description
1 print : woodcut on paper; 9.7 x 15.6 cm
Related material
print published in: Des hochberumptesten Geschicht schreybers Justini, warhafftige Hystorien. (b31038578)
Notes
Mounted with 3335845i and 3335851i
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer
Possibly Antigone of Macedonia presenting a letter to Cassander, the son of Antipater, a Macedonian general and statesman under Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great; A man peers out of the arched windows behind through which a ship can be seen sailing; an arched doorway to the left; the illustration is bordered both sides by decorative features including a skeleton and hour glass on the right, symbols of the inevitability of death.
INV.2021/776
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3335850i