Accession No

4556

Brief Description

engraved portrait of Jean Taisnier, by Nicolas de Larmessin, 1682

Origin

Maker

De Larmessin, Nicolas

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1682

Latest Date

1682

Inscription Date

1682

Material

paper (two types)

Dimensions

breadth 376mm; height 555 mm (mount); breadth 202 mm; height 250 mm (engraving)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased on 28/06/1996.

Inscription

‘De, Larmessin, scul,
IOANNES, TAISNERIVS,’ (AT BOTTOM OF ENGRAVING)
‘Jean TAISNIER
né en Belgique en 1509
astronome, astrologue, chiromancien’ (bottom right of mount)
‘Nicolas de LARMESSIN, 1682’ (bottom left of mount)

Description Notes

Mounted portrait of Taisnier, seated at table with compasses and square lying on sheet of diagrams and armillary sphere on shelf at top left. At top right a medal with a hand and the motto: ‘In Manibus Sortes Eius’.

Condition good; complete

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