Sebastian Vaillant

Sebastian Vaillant

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Description
Woodcut portrait of Sébastian Vaillant (1669-1722), an important botanist at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
print
Other Terms
print; ART OBJECTS
depicted
Vaillant, Sebastian
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
white (overall color)
black (overall color)
engraving (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 14 cm x 9 cm; 5 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in
ID Number
1991.0664.0048
accession number
1991.0664
catalog number
M-06229
collector/donor number
SAP 922
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
subject
Portraits
Pharmacy
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
European Apothecary
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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