| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | Theodorus de Bry |
| Published | Heidelberg, c. 1669. |
| Dimensions | Image 131 x 105 mm, Sheet 133 x 109 mm |
| Notes |
A half length portrait of Johannes Sleidanus seated wearing robes and a cap, he has a quill pen in his right hand from Jean-Jaques Boissard's Bibliotheca chaicographia, hoc est virtue et eruditione ciarum Virorum Imagines, Heidelberg, 1669. Johannes Sleidanus (1506- 31 October 1556) Luxembourgeois historian and chronicler of the Protestant Reformation. Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) was a Flemish-born engraver and editor, who travelled Europe. De Bry fled from Liège in fear of the Spanish persecution of Protestants, lived in Strasbourg, travelled to Antwerp, then London, and finally settled in Frankfurt-am-Main, where he started a publishing business and printing workshop. Condition: Trimmed just outside of the boarder and tipped to an album page. Text on verso as issued. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £50.00 |
| Stock ID | 37742 |