print
- Museum number
- R,6.113
- Title
- Object: Michel de Montaigne
- Description
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Portrait of Michel de Montaigne, bust-length directed to right, looking to front, wearing a hat, a coat lined with fur, a doublet, a ruff and a medallion; within oval, on ledge; before letter. 1774
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1774
- Dimensions
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Height: 231 millimetres (plate-mark)
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Width: 155 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The original painting, which is only known through copies, is believed to have been executed in 1581 by Palma Giovane, while Montaigne was in Italy.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- R,6.113