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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Leo X

In Marcin Bielski, Kronika tho iesth Historya Swiata, na szesc wiekow, a czterzy Monarchie rozdzielona ..., Cracow: Hieronim Szarfenberg (printer), 1554 (Warsaw, BUW, St.Dr.), fol. 172r

fol. 172r (272 of 384 in-Urus figures)
fol. 172r
fol. 173r
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Medallion: Pope IX, facing right (Szarfenberg; Siebeneicher) (Cracow, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius)
Actors
  • Hieronim Szarfenberg (ca 1531 - 1555) printer : 1554
Places
  • Cracow production place : 1554
Design

Medallion: Pope IX, facing right (Szarfenberg; Siebeneicher) (Cracow, Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Maius) Part of Subset of busts medallions with popes (Szarfenberg; Siebeneicher). Part of Musk Orchid (Plantin 1576) (Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus) Part of Set of illustrations for Bielski's Chronicle 1554 (Szarfenberg; Siebeneicher; Lob; Giermański) ◼

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Iconography description
  • Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici) (Iconclass: 61B2(LEO X))
Functional context

Bielski's Chronicle (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

References
Matrices' graphic catalogue entries
  • Muczkowski: 976
Credits
Created on
  • 2021-10-13 13:39

Edited by
  • Marcin Bogusz; Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-04-17 19:15)

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