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Petrus Bembus Venetus: AD.4.12-77

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Petrus Bembus Venetus
Portrait of Pietro Bembo

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Vecellio, Tiziano (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Note

Copy after Philips Galle's engraving for a 1572 edition of the series of portraits 'Virorum Doctorum de Disciplinis benemerentium Effigies XLIIII', reverse direction. Plate numbered lower right corner: 11 (and A5 from the lettering on the second state of Galle's print). Latin in margin 'Bemeb decus clarum... non minor eloquijs'.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.4.12-77
Primary reference Number: 203381
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 596 copy
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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