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Benedictus Arias Montanus: AD.4.12-97

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Benedictus Arias Montanus
Portrait of Benito Arias Montano

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Pourbus, Pieter Jansz. (After)

Entities

Categories

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: 31. Latin in margin 'Hispalin illustras patriam… demereare Pater'.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.4.12-97
Primary reference Number: 203401
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 588 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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