Girolamo Mercuriale
Title
Girolamo Mercuriale
Creator
Lavinia Fontana
Date
late 1580s
Contributor
Dr. Adam Rudolphi
Rights
Baltimore: Walters Art Museum
Format
painting
Language
In open book: DE HUMANI CORP. | FABRICA;
On the fore edges of the books placed vertically on the shelf, from left to right: GALE[N]O, AVIC[ENN]A, HIPPO[C]RATES;
On the books lying horizontally: PLATO, ARTIST[OTLE], AVERROE[S], PLINIVS;
On top of the painting, above the coat of arms: ...NATVS...XXV
On the fore edges of the books placed vertically on the shelf, from left to right: GALE[N]O, AVIC[ENN]A, HIPPO[C]RATES;
On the books lying horizontally: PLATO, ARTIST[OTLE], AVERROE[S], PLINIVS;
On top of the painting, above the coat of arms: ...NATVS...XXV
Type
Still Image
Original Format
oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
119 x 89 cm
Files
Citation
Lavinia Fontana, “Girolamo Mercuriale,” Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Early Modern Italian Art, accessed February 22, 2025, http://othersinearlymodernitaly.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/241.