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Louis XIII receiving a book from Johannes Riolanus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The writer Johannes Riolanus kneels before Louis XIII who sits on his throne. He offers him his book (with the title in Greek and in Latin). They are accompanied by members of the French court. Top right a three-line inscription in Latin. In the margin a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin. On the verso the title page of Anthropographia, et osteologia in book print in Latin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineLodewijk XIII ontvangt een boek van Johannes Riolanus. 1626. Crispijn van de Passe (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
