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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Bolesław III the Wry-Mouthed in frame with floral decoration

In Alessandro Guagnini, Sarmatiae Evropeae Descriptio, quae Regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam ... partem complectitur ..., Cracow: Maciej Wirzbięta (printer), after 20 June 1574 (Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine), fol. 22

fol. 22 (22 of 88 in-Urus figures)
fol. 21
fol. 24v
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Frame with circular opening, with floral decoration (Wirzbięta; Lob; Giermański)
  • Soldier, bust, in a helmet with a czekan (Wirzbięta; Lob)
Actors
  • Maciej Wirzbięta (1523 - before 17 June 1605) printer : after 20 June 1574
Places
  • Cracow production place : after 20 June 1574
Design

Bolesław III the Wry-Mouthed in frame with floral decoration ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Vytenis in a frame with floral decoration. In Alessandro Guagnini, Sarmatiae Evropeae Descriptio, Qvae Regnvm Poloniae, Litvaniam, Samogitiam ... partem complectitur ..., Speyer: Bernhard Albin (printer), after 1 September 1581 (Warsaw, BN), fol. 48v ◼
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Iconography description
  • Bolesław III the Wry-Mouthed (Iconclass: 61B2(BOLESŁAW III THE WRY-MOUTHED))
Functional context

Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio

Credits
Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-11-24 07:50)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec; Konrad Morawski

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-11-24 07:50)

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