An ornate stone frame in which four atlantes support an entablature on which a scholar and Hercules support the globe of the earth. Engraving, 1569.

Date:
MDLXIX [1569]
Reference:
567364i
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The man on the left is identified as a scholar from the two books next to him, while Hercules is identified by his lion skin and club

Publication/Creation

Romae : Formis Antonii Lafrerj, cum privilegio Sum. Pont, MDLXIX [1569]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 24.5 x 16.5 cm

Lettering

Inlustrium viror. ut exstant in urbe expressi vultus

Reference

Wellcome Collection 567364i

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