A kneeling woman presents a letter to a man seated on a canopied throne.

  • Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536
Date:
[1531]
Reference:
3335850i
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Description

Illustration from a book about the rise and fall of world empires, primarily the empire of Alexander the Great and his successors in the Hellenistic East.

Publication/Creation

[Augsburg], [1531]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut on paper ; 9.7 x 16 cm

Related material

print published in: Des hochberumptesten Geschicht schreybers Justini, warhafftige Hystorien. (b31038578)

Notes

Mounted with 3335845i and 3335851i
This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
Possibly Antigone of Macedonia presenting a letter to Cassander, the son of Antipater, a Macedonian general and statesman under Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great; A man peers out of the arched windows behind through which a ship can be seen sailing; an arched doorway to the left; the illustration is bordered both sides by decorative features including a skeleton and hour glass on the right, symbols of the inevitability of death.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3335850i

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