Terms and conditions of use
Self-portrait (?) with plumed cap and lowered sabre
1634
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1958
- Gallery location
- Not on display
Artwork Details
Felton Bequest, 1958
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Watermarks
- Watermark Form
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Strasbourg lily
- The Strasbourg lily watermark shows a shield with a fleur-de-lis surmounted by a crown. There are many variants of the Strasbourg lily motif used by papermakers in Strasbourg, and some variants have also been connected to South-West France from the mid-17th century onward.
- Watermark and variant description
- Strasbourg lily - variant A.a.b. Fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield. The central petal rounded. The crown has three bands, the central one being the broadest. Double horns flank the crown, on which there is a complex fleur-de-lis and leaves. Beside the horns are three-petalled flowers. The shield has side scrolls. Initials BA below.
- Closely related watermark references
- Heawood 1780 (1680, London); Churchill 401 (1625); Wibiral 7b (1660).
- Completeness
- partial
- Chain Line Interval
- 22-25 mm
- Laid Line Frequency
- 12/cm
- Placement and spacing of wires
- ? X 9 [9|22|19] x 5
- Wire Side
- recto
- Radiograph taken from
- verso
