print
- Museum number
- 1948,0903.3
- Title
- Object: Il Ser.mo Don Ranuccio Farnese ... La Ser.ma Donna Margherita Farnese Aldobrandina ...
- Description
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Double portrait of Ranuccio Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, and his wife Margherita Aldobrandini, both in ovals; in a decorative setting with garlands and their coats of arms above; and with lettered cartouches below flanked by scrolls and harpies; illustration to Fabritio Caroso's "Nobiltà di Dame" (Venice, 1600)
Engraving
- Production date
- 1600
- Dimensions
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Height: 190 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 159 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This double portrait appears in Fabritio Caroso's "Nobiltà di Dame" (Venice, Muschio, 1600), as the Duke and Duchess are the dedicatees of a dance, a balletto for one couple, named the Celeste Giglio.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Nobiltà di dame (Venice, Muschio, 1600)
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1948,0903.3
