print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1910,0610.10
- Title
- Object: Ludovicus Ariostus
- Description
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Portrait of man identified as Lodovico Ariosto, half-length, turned to the right, after the painting by Titian in the National Gallery of London; French letterpress on verso; illustration on page 330 of the second volume of Isaac Bullart's "Académie des Sciences et Arts..." (Foppens: Brussels 1682)
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1682 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 190 millimetres
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Width: 140 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This plate was engraved after the painting by Titian which is now in the National Gallery, London (NG1944). Whilst traditionnally thought to represent Ariosto, the identity of the sitter is not certain.
For comment on the publication see 1853,0112.1663.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Académie des Sciences et Arts contenant les vies et éloges his. des hommes illustres qui ony excellé en ces professions depuis environ quatre siècles
- Acquisition date
- 1910
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1910,0610.10
