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Object Type
Museum number: 1927,1008.79
Title: Object: Franciscus Draeck nobilissimus eques Angliae...
Description: Portrait of navigator Francis Drake aged 43, bust-length, slightly turned to the left, with shield decorated with scene representing a naval battle; in oval border. c.1583 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Thomas de Leu; After: Jean Rabel (the elder); Published by: Thomas de Leu
School/style
Production date: 1583 (c.)
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Dimensions: Height: 174 millimetres; Width: 109 millimetres
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Curator's comments: M. Grivel (2009) has identified this print as being after Jean Rabel the elder (c.1520-1586), dated to c.1583, in her catalogue raisonné of prints by father and son Rabel in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. It is the first state; an impression from the second is also in the BM: 2AA*a,71.75.
Bibliographic references: Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français (X.100.354.I); Grivel 2009 / Au sieur Rabel, parangon de la pourtraicture - nouvelles recherches sur les peintres-graveurs français de la fin du XVIe siècle: l'exemple de Jean Rabel (67)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition date: 1927
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1927,1008.79

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