Portrait of Melchiore Micheli

Engraver Dominicus Custos German

After Giovanni Battista Fontana Italian

Sitter Melchiore Micheli Italian

ca. 1601

Not on view

Artwork Details

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Catalogue Raisonné

Title: Portrait of Melchiore Micheli
Series/Portfolio: Armamentarium Heroicum
Engraver: Dominicus Custos (German, Antwerp after 1550–1612 Augsburg)
Artist: After Giovanni Battista Fontana (Italian, ca. 1524–1587)
Sitter: Melchiore Micheli (Italian, active 1539–70)
Date: ca. 1601
Medium: Engraving with etched border (recto); etching and letterpress (verso)
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 3/16 in. (44.5 × 31 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1958
Object Number: 58.651.68
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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