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1942

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Print, Design for an Engraved Tazza with a Portrait of the Duke of Alba as Commander of Folly

This is a Print. It was print maker: Théodore de Bry. It is dated ca. 1578 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is engraving on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

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Its dimensions are

12.5 x 10.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.)

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Print, Design for an Engraved Tazza with a Portrait of the Duke of Alba as Commander of Folly; Print Maker: Theodor de Bry (French, active Netherlands and Germany, 1528 - 1598); Netherlands; engraving on white laid paper; 12.5 x 10.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1942-36-32

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