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Object Type
print
Museum number
X,1.14
Title
Object:
Petrus Aretinus
Description
Portrait of Pietro Aretino, three-quarters length with one hand on hip, the other holding his gold chain, seen in an embrasure; after Titian Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Pieter de Jode II
After:
Titian
Published by:
Bonenfant
School/style
Flemish
Italian
Production date
1631-1637
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
232 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
179 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The portrait is quite different from that in the painting by Titian in the Pitti.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(43)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Pietro Aretino
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
(with the late Sloane stamp used in the 1870s)
Acquisition date
1753
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
X,1.14