Game Piece: Duke of Richmond

Object Name
Category
Sculptures
Recreational Artifacts
Date
1530-1540
Medium
boxwood on wooden disc
Credit Line
The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Object Number
AGOID.29239
Location
AGO, Gallery 107 Thomson European, Centre Case, Shelf 2

Dimensions

Overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.)
Outside: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
Handwritten in black ink verso: H HOLBEIN FECIT; engraved in wood of wooden disc around head: HENRICUS DUX RICMUDICE
Markings
Typed paper label on verso: 21; Hand-written paper label on verso: AC 71
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