print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: K,68.56
Title: Object: Sextus Empyricus
Description: Portrait of Sextus Empiricus, head and shoulders in profile to right, in lettered circle, after an antique coin or medal; illustration to "Diogenes Laertii de vitis, dogmatibus et apophthegmatibus clarorum philosophorum libri X". 1692 Engraving
Producer name: Published by: Officina Wetsteniana
School/style: Dutch
Production date: 1692
Production place: Published in: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 202 millimetres (sheet); Width: 145 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Sextus Empiricus; Illustration to: Diogenes Laërtius; Illustration to: Marcus Meibomius
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Acquisition name: Purchased from: Dr Charles Burney (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: K,68.56

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