Portrait of Melchiore Micheli

Engraver Dominicus Custos German
Sitter Melchiore Micheli Italian
ca. 1601
Not on view

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Object Information
  • 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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