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Object Type
print
Museum number
1864,0309.64
Title
Object:
Marsilius Ficinus Florentinus
Series:
Virorum Doctorum de Disciplinis benemerentium Effigies XLIIII (1572a)
Description
Portrait of the poet Marsilio Ficino, bust, seen from behind, looking over his shoulder; within an oval; after Giorgio Vasari. 1572 Engraving and letterpress
Producer name
Print made by:
Philips Galle
Published by:
Philips Galle
After:
Giorgio Vasari
School/style
Flemish
Italian
Production date
1572
Production place
Published in:
Antwerp (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
letterpress
Dimensions
Height:
175 millimetres
(plate-mark)
Height:
272 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
123 millimetres
Width:
193 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment on the portrait series see 1925,1117.75. This print comes from the 1572a-edition of "Virorum Doctorum de Disciplinis benemerentium Effigies XLIIII". The portrait is taken from the engraving after Giorgio Vasari's painting of the six Tuscan poets in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (inv. G341).
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(621.I)
(Philips Galle)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Marsilio Ficino
Associated with:
Benito Arias Montano
(author of Latin verses)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Frederick Startridge Ellis
Acquisition date
1864
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1864,0309.64