Leaf from a Universal Chronicle: eight famous men
(c. 1440-1470)
Medium
pen and brown ink and watercolour on parchment
Measurements
31.4 × 20.5 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966
Public domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(Naples), Italy
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Manion 2005, pp. 426-30
Inscription
inscribed in pen and brown ink above and below u.l. figure: pirrus filius achillis / fuit anno (MDCCLXXXVIIJ)
inscribed in pen and brown ink above and below u.c. figure: Ascanius condidit albania / fuit predicto t(em)pore
inscribed in pen and brown ink above, on scroll, and below u.r figure.: Samuel (...illeg.) / Samuel propheta / ecce unxit te / d(omin)us super her(editatem) / suam in principem / fuit predicto t(em)pore
inscribed in pen and brown ink above and below c.l. figure: Euristeus pri mus Rex / Lacedemo nie / fuit anno (MVIIJXXX)
inscribed in pen and brown ink above and below c. figure: Codrus fecit se occid(ere) / pro sa lute populi / fuit t(em)pore Samuelis
inscribed in pen and brown ink above, beside and below c.r. figure: Alethes primus Rex / Cor inthi. / Quarta / . Etas . / fuit t(em)pore Samuelis
inscribed in pen and brown ink above, beside and below l.l. figure: David Rex / David / Golias / Goliath / fuit anno (MDCCCLXXXVII)
inscribed in pen and brown ink above, beside and below l.r. figure: Absolom / Ab(solom) (incomplete) / fuit hox t(em)pore .
Accession Number
1663-5
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Portraits
Subjects (specific)
armour (protective wear) men (male humans) noblemen robes (main garments)