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Portrait of Pietro Aretino, bust-length, seated behind a parapet in profile to right, supporting his chin with left hand in a contemplating pose; young laurel plant next to tree stump at right; after Titian.
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Title: Pietro Aretino
Series/Portfolio: Italian portraits: Ten plates (New Hollstein 1042-1051)
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
Sitter:
Pietro Aretino (Italian, 1492-1556)
Publisher:
Frans van den Wyngaerde (Flemish, Antwerp 1614–1679 Antwerp)
Date: 1649
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 3/4 in. (23.5 × 1.8 cm) cut within the platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.240
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