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Object Type
print
Museum number
1901,1022.1421
Title
Object:
Benoit Spinosa
Description
Portrait of Benedict de Spinoza, bust turned to the right, head slightly turned to face the viewer; with dark eyebrows, wearing a flat white collar and a robe; in oval on pedestal Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Étienne Fessard
School/style
French
Production date
1677
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
362 millimetres
Width:
248 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The designer, 'A. P.', is unidentified. After the 1665 painting in the Gemäldesammlung der Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany, inv.no. B 117.
Bibliographic references
Muller II 1853 / Beschrijvende catalogus van 7000 Portretten, van Nederlanders
(undescribed)
van Someren 1888 / Beschriivende catalogus van Gegraveerde Portretten van Nederlanders. Vervolg op Frederik Mullers catalogus van 7000 Portretten van Nederlanders.
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Benedict de Spinoza
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Henry Spencer Ashbee
Acquisition date
1901
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1901,1022.1421