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Henri III, King of France: P.52-1963

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Current Location: In storage

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Henri III, King of France

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

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Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund, July 1963.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1963)

Note

From an unidentified book. Pasted down on card, lettering visible on reverse of sheet. With the King's device "manet ultima coelo". Henri II was King of France and Poland, hence the two crowns of laurel and oak below, and the third above in the sky made of thorns. The first two thorns and a secton of the tree trunk on the left have been printed from separate blocks.

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.52-1963
Primary reference Number: 166347

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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