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Description: | volume (60.5 x 43 x 5 cms) with text showing through from verso; inscr. in oval frame "PETRUS BELLO.IUS THOLOSAS AEtalus Suct 4.7" CRE BRY, Theodore de; (French; 1528-1598) 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 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.
Pierre Belon (1517-1564) was a French Renaissance naturalist whose studies and published work on marine life and birds were influential on the development of embryology and comparative anatomy.
This print appears to have been cut from a book as there is an impression of text either showing through from the reverse or offset on the image itself. | 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 : SCIENTIST : MALTA : KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN : 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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