impression:T85815

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

Things – T85815

Ancient Germanic Tribe Sacrificing a Bull

(London, BM)

Details

printing: impression
engraving
etching
paper
extracted piece
matrix h: 397 mm
matrix w: 420 mm

Matrices

Cornelis Huyberts (printmaker), Ancient Germanic Tribe Sacrificing a Bull (state I/II) (Tonson)

Actors

Cornelis Huyberts (ca 1669 - buried 11 August 1709) printmaker : 1703 - July 1709
Thomas Wentworth (baptised 17 September 1672 - 15 November 1739) dedicatee : June 1711 - March 1712

Places

London, British Museum (1857,0214.430) storage place

Design

Cornelis Huyberts (printmaker), Ancient Germanic Tribe Sacrificing a Bull (state I/II) (Tonson) Part of Set of plates for Caesar's Commentarii in folio (Tonson 1712) ◼

In-Urus interactions

Expert view

Iconography description

Inscriptions, Markings and Mentions

Matrix inscriptions

References

Matrices' graphic catalogue entries

New Hollstein Dutch&Flemish: 422-copy f

Web resources

digital copy (BM)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-02-02 15:26)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-04-14 18:16)