print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1874,0808.1506
Description: Bust portrait of Pope Urban VIII, after a drawing by Bernini: illustration to 'Maphaei S.R.E Cardinalis Barberini Nunc Urbani P.P. VIII Poemata', poems written by Urban VIII before his pontificate and published in Rome in 1631. 1631 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Claude Mellan; After: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
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Production date: 1631
Production place: Printed in: Rome (city)
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Dimensions: Height: 219 millimetres; Width: 151 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes (355.I); Montaiglon 1856 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Claude Mellan (238.I)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Pope Urban VIII; Illustration to: Pope Urban VIII
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Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1874,0808.1506

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