Johann Gotthard Muller
Germany, b.1747, d.1830
Horatius Ex Num In Thes: Christinae Reg: Aug:
- Engraving
- Sir Joseph Kinsey bequest
- 70 x 68mm
- 73/226
Tags: circles (plane figures), men (male humans), monochrome, people (agents), portraits, profiles (figures), words
This is a title vignette from an edition, probably that of 1749 published by William Sandby, of the works of Horace.
The text 'Ex Num: In Thes: Christinae Reg: Aug:' is an abbreviated form of 'Ex Nummo In Thesauro Christinae Reginae Augustae', i.e. "From a coin in the collection of the august Queen Christina', probably a reference to Queen Christina of Sweden (reigned 1644 - 1654), a renowned collector and art patron.