print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1879,1213.223
- Title
- Object: Francois Pisarre
- Description
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Portrait of Francisco Pizarro, half-length, slightly to the left with face turne and looking to the right, bearded, wearing helmet and plumed hat, his left hand on waist, right hand holding a baton; illustration from André Thevet's "Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres" (Paris, 1584), p. 374.
Engraving with letterpress below and on verso
- Production date
- 1584 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 172 millimetres (plate-mark)
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Width: 141 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres (Paris, 1584)
- Acquisition date
- 1879
- Acquisition notes
- 1879,1213.92 to 315 is a set of the portraits illustrating Thevet's 'Vies des Hommes Illustres' of 1584.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1879,1213.223