Bartholomaus Hübner and Hans Holbein The Younger
Iacobus Meierus
1789
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 349 x 275 mm. (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
Plate: 320 x 248 mm. (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Image: 263 x 211 mm. (10 3/8 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12276
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Ioh: Holbein pinxt."; below image, lower right, in plate "B. Hubner Sculp: 1790."; below image, center, in plate "IACOBUS MEIERUS / REIP: BASIL: QUONDAM CONSUL PRUDENTISS: / Pietatis sanae Cultor ac Promotor primarius / Natus Basil: 1470. ob: 1541. / Ioh: Holbein pinxit annumagens XVIII, ext: Basil: in Museo Feschiano. / Basileae apud Chr: a Mechel Charcogr:"; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "3445". Verso: lower left in graphite "33263"; lower right in graphite indecipherable.
Markings: CM: Claghorn
