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Engraving

1550-1564 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Vico, Enea (printmaker)
Place of origin
Florence (printed)
Ferrara (printed)

Engraving


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Enea Vico. Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo, facing right, set within an elaborate cartouche. Plate from a series of medals of contemporaries. Italian, 1550-1564.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 15.4cm
  • Cut to width: 11.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the centre of the image around the cartouche: 'LO ILLVSTRIS . PIETRO BEMBO'
  • Lettered in the lower left: 'Enea Vico / da Parma / f.'
  • Lettered in the lower right: 'Medaglia del / Doni'
Bibliographic reference
Spike, John, ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 30. Italian masters of the sixteenth century: Enea Vico. New York: Abaris Books, 1985. No. 242.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
26332

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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