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Print, Portrait of Pietro Aretino (1492-1556)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Marc Antonio Raimondi and after Titian and subject: Pietro Aretino. It is dated 1517–1520. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

It is signed

The monogram "MF" appears in the plate over the subject's shoulder, right.

It is inscribed

Six lines of inscriptoin in margin, below: "PETRVS ARRENTINVS VIRTVTVM AC TITIORVM DEMOSTRATOR..."

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Print, Portrait of Pietro Aretino (1492-1556); Print Maker: Marc Antonio Raimondi (Italian, 1483 – 1527); After Titian (Italian, ca. 1488 - 1576); Subject: Pietro Aretino; Italy; engraving on paper; Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-63

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