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Print, Portrait of Torqato Tasso (1544-1595)

This is a Print. It was after Jacques-Denis Antoine. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

17.5 × 10.7 cm (6 7/8 × 4 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed: "Vera effigie di Torq. Tasso"; inscribed, lower left: "Jac. Antoine del."; lower right: "Cro dall'Acqua inc."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Torqato Tasso (1544-1595); After Jacques-Denis Antoine (French, 1773–1801); Italy; engraving on paper; 17.5 × 10.7 cm (6 7/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-105

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