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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25927
People
Pieter Perret, Flemish (Antwerp 1555 - 1625 Spain)
After Jan Speckaert, Netherlandish (d. 1577)
Title
Apelles Painting the Portrait of Alexander the Great
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Pictura
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1582
Places
Creation Place: Europe
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/70555

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
design: 39.4 x 27.1 cm (15 1/2 x 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: .P.Perret, fec. Roma
  • inscription: yes, lower area of design, on the pavement between Alexander's feet, printer's ink, engraving, signed: identification of designer and printmaker, place, date: .H.Speckaert. inc. / .P.Perret. Sc. Roma / .1582.
  • watermark: upper center of sheet, paper: illegible, perhaps armorial

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
undescribed proof?
Standard Reference Number
H. 32

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M25927
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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