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Icones imperatorum romanorum
Author: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Illustrated by: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Woodcuts by: Christoffel Jegher (Dutch, 1596–1652 or 1653)
Engraver: Cornelis Galle, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1576–1650)
After: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Editor: Jean Gaspard Gevaerts (Flemish, 1593–1666)
Printer: Balthasar Moretus (Flemish, 1574–1641)
Illustrated by: Hubert Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1526–1583)
Woodcuts by: Christoffel Jegher (Dutch, 1596–1652 or 1653)
Engraver: Cornelis Galle, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1576–1650)
After: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
Editor: Jean Gaspard Gevaerts (Flemish, 1593–1666)
Printer: Balthasar Moretus (Flemish, 1574–1641)
1645
Place of Publication: Antwerp, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with engraved title page and 145 chiaroscuro woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 37.1 x 24.2 x 6.5 cm (14 5/8 x 9 1/2 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Accession NumberBR1075
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus, 1645
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein IX, p. 194, nos. 208-353
Description(Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus, 1645) Folio; 222 leaves; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped vellum
Engraved title page after Rubens; two-colored chiaroscuro woodcut medallion portraits of classical and contemporary rulers. Later edition of treatise first published in 1557 (MFA owns three copies); this has been enlarged with further text by Gevaerts. The engraved title is by Cornelis Galle I after Rubens. The chiaroscuro woodcuts were cut after the original illustrations, and there are several further ones. Most scholars attribute them to the senior Jegher, but Hollstein catalogues them under Jan Christoffel Jegher (Christoffel's son, 1618-1667). The MFA has two further copies of this edition (KBR315 & 64.397).
Engraved title page after Rubens; two-colored chiaroscuro woodcut medallion portraits of classical and contemporary rulers. Later edition of treatise first published in 1557 (MFA owns three copies); this has been enlarged with further text by Gevaerts. The engraved title is by Cornelis Galle I after Rubens. The chiaroscuro woodcuts were cut after the original illustrations, and there are several further ones. Most scholars attribute them to the senior Jegher, but Hollstein catalogues them under Jan Christoffel Jegher (Christoffel's son, 1618-1667). The MFA has two further copies of this edition (KBR315 & 64.397).
ProvenanceBibliotheca Ducalis Gothana (stamp title verso); unidentified collector's stamp (title verso); purchased "in Europe" by MFA, August 8, 1900.