print

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type
Museum number: 1935,0520.88
Title: Object: Pittura
Description: Pictura; allegory on 'Painting' with Apelles painting the portrait of Alexander the Great, surrounded by soldiers, a wide landscape in background; second state with publisher's address; after Hans Speckaert. 1582 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Pedro Perret; After: Hans Speckaert; Published by: Johannes Statius
School/style
Production date: 1582
Production place: Published in: Rome (city)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 415 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 274 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: A related drawing is in the BM: 1946,0713.588
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; draughtsman/painter
Associated names: Representation of: Apelles; Associated with: Alexander the Great (subject of painting)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1935
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1935,0520.88

Free entry