Portrait of the humanist Hugo Balbelus, in oval with border lettering. In ornamental frame with spiders and birds, with a cartouche with a Latin verse below the portrait. Hugo Balbelus was the uncle of Jean Jacques Boissard, the author of the 'Icones virorum illustrium.', Portrait of Hugo Balbelus Hugo Babelus Hippolytanus , print maker: Theodor de Bry, Jean Jacques Boissard, (possibly), Frankfurt am Main, c. 1597 - c. 1599, paper, engraving, h 138 mm × w 100 mm

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