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Description: | volume (60.5 x 43 x 5 cms) inscr. on plinth "HIERONYMUS ALE[X]ANDER ARCHIEPISCOPUS BRUNDUSINUS. ET ORIT. SRE.CAR. M . D . XXXVIII" CRE VENEZIANO, Agostino (dei MUSI); (Italian; 1490-1540) This volume is part of William Hunter's original bequest. It contains 102 portraits, inserted onto 60 pages. 89 are of Grand Masters of the Order of St. John which was established in 1113 to care for the sick and took on a military role in the Crusades. This print is one of 13 portraits of miscellaneous ecclesiastical, military and political leaders, scientists and poets scattered throughout the volume and reflects the fashion for collecting portraits of historical figures in 17th and 18th century Europe.
It is a portrait of the Italian Cardinal Girolamo Aleander (1480-1542). Aleander, a scholar and lecturer who worked in France and was acquainted with Erasmus (1466-1536) in early life, was a strong opponent of Luther and the Reformation. He became Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : VOLUME : : BRINDISI : HUNTER VOLUME : ORDER OF MALTA : MALTESE CROSS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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