Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The true effigies of Laurenz Jans Koster, delineated from his monumentall stone statue erected at Harlem.
Call Number
E East 43/GC070/Box 03/Normal/17th c. GA 2024.01185
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcsj139f74p
Publisher
n.d. [1635?].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1635
Extent
1 item ; sheet 26 x 20.3 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [engraver]
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: 3/4-length portrait, right profile of Coster, wearing cap and fur-lined coat, standing and holding a block of type.
Inscribed in plate, u.l.: 'MEMORIAE SACRUM. LAVRENTIO COSTERO, HARLEMENSI, ALTERI CADMO, ET ARTIS TYPOGRAPHICAE CIRCA AN. DOM. M.CCCC.XXX. INVENTORI PRIMO, BENE DE LITERIS AC TOTO ORBE MERENTI, HANC Q.L.C.Q. STATUAM, QVIA AREA AVT MARMOREA DE FVIT, IRO MONUMENTO POSVIT CIVIS GRATIS SIMVS. PETRVS SCRIVERIVS 1635.'
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Coster, Lourens Janszoon approximately 1370-1439—Art
Portraits, Dutch—15th century
Printers—Netherlands—15th century—Portraits
Portraits
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7ee30e60-2726-4c7e-a1ce-f722f68d15cb/manifest