Allegorical tribute to Sobieski's family, with her coat of arms in centre flanked by two putti playing trumpet and supporting a crown, on each side a personification of Justice and Fortitude

Details

• Title

  Allegorical tribute to Sobieski's family, with her coat of arms in centre flanked by two putti playing trumpet and supporting a crown, on each side a personification of Justice and Fortitude

• Artist/maker

  possibly after Antonio Tempesta (c. 1555 - 1630) (designer)

  Francesco Villamena (c. 1564 - 1624) (printmaker)

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  1579 - 1624

• Material and technique

  engraving on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  plate 21.6 x 27.9 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 1942.

• Museum location

  Western Art Print Room

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1942.54.68

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