Print, book-illustration (BM 1878,0112.153)

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Print, book-illustration (BM 1878,0112.153)

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Portrait of John II, King of Portugal, 'the Perfect Prince', half-length, seen from the back, face in profile to the left, wearing cloak and crown, holding shield with coat of arms in his left arm, an oval with a bird feeding its hatchlings on the top left, with motto 'Vt Palicanvs'; from a series of portraits of the Kings of Portugal, illustration to Caramuel's 'Philippus Prudens'. 1639
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1639
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British Museum
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