Westerhout, Arnold van. Eques Leenae Neapoli

Folger bibliographic ID: 340195
Folger call number: ART 268855 (realia)
Folger holdings ID: 492231
Accession Number: 268855

General notes

This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email HamnetHelp@folger.edu for assistance Copper intaglio printing plate, etching and engraving, small area of re-working in the top right corner where the original plate number has been removed. Minor surface scratches but in good printable condition. Second state with plate number removed Dealer's description: "A fine full length figure in the costume of the Neapolitan Order of the Lioness. This plate was first used in Buonani, Filipo,1638-1725, Catalogo degli ordini equestri, e militari. Rome: Georgio Placco, 1711, as plate 67, and re-used in Coronelli's edition, venice: Presso l'Orlandi, 1715, where it appears as here with the plate number removed." Plate includes details present in Buonanni edition (embellishments to stones of building at figure's left, angle of tower roof to figure's right) which seem to be lacking in Coronelli edition Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2018. Beyond Words. Opening: leaf I2 recto

Item information about Folger ART 268855 (realia)

Acquired from Gaskell, March 2015

attributed name: Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725