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1959

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2015

2025

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Print, Portrait of Frans Francken, from the Icones Principum Virorum

This is a Print. It was print maker: Anthony van Dyck. It is dated 1645-1650 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is etching on paper in black ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Milton I. D. Einstein. It is credited Gift of Milton Einstein.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 24.5 × 16.2 cm (9 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower margin: "Franciscus Franck / Antverpiae pictor humanarum figurarum" Lower left: "Ant. van Dyck fecit aqua forti"

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Frans Francken, from the Icones Principum Virorum; Print Maker: Anthony van Dyck (Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641); Netherlands; etching on paper in black ink; H x W: 24.5 × 16.2 cm (9 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.); Gift of Milton Einstein; 1959-49-13

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