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Object Type
print
Museum number
1862,0208.118
Description
Bust portrait of Giovanni Battista Gelli facing right set within an elaborate cartouche Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Enea Vico
School/style
Italian
Production date
1550-1563
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
155 millimetres
Width:
112 millimetres
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Curator's comments
A plate from an aborted series of medals of contemporaries by Doni. See Wendy Thompson, 'AFD's Medaglie' in 'Print Quarterly', XXIV 2007, pp.223-7.
Bibliographic references
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XV.335.246)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Giovanni Battista Gelli
Associated with:
Antonio Francesco Doni
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1862
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1862,0208.118