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print
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pattern-book
Object Type
print
pattern-book
Museum number
U,2.11
Description
Portrait of Giovanni Gabrielli, called 'Il Sivello'; the actor seen half-length, leaning on a ledge and turned to left, holding a theatrical mask. c. 1599 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Agostino Carracci
Published by:
Pietro Stefanoni
School/style
Italian
Production date
1597-1602
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
186 millimetres
Width:
127 millimetres
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Curator's comments
For another impression pasted into a volume of pattern prints see 1934,0103.14.32.
Bibliographic references
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XVIII.120.153)
Bohlin 1979 / Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family
(212.II)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
Associated names
Portrait of:
Giovanni Gabrielli, Il Sivello
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(With Philipe's blindstamp and initials CMC)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Arthur Pond
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Jonathan Blackburne
(on verso in pencil "Pond's Sale 1760 no. 2")
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
U,2.11