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'Plantus, Comoediae, c1511. Artist: Lazarus de Soardi.

'Plantus, Comoediae, c1511. Artist: Lazarus de Soardi.

2-626-011 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Plantus, Comoediae, c1511. PLAUTUS, originally from Titus Maccius (ca 254-184 B.C.). Comoediae. xx. Commentary by Bernardus Saracenus and Giovanni Pietro Valla. Venice: Lazarus Soardus, 1511. The woodcut of the actor addressing the audience in a theatre was first used in Soardi's 1497 edition of Terence and is one of the most famous images in the history of the stage. From The Connoisseur Volume L. [The Connoisseur Ltd., London, 1918]

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Creator
  1. Lazarus de Soardi, attributed to: Italian:
People Related
  1. Titus Maccius Plautus: Roman: Playwright
  2. Bernardus Saracenus: :
  3. Giovanni Pietro Valla: : humanist
Medium
  1. Woodcut
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Performing Arts

Artistic Representations Portraits

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3336x5160
File Size : 50,431kb

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  1. 0580034544
  1. 2-626-011
  1. 2626011
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