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AGOSTINO DEI MUSI (C. 1490-AFTER 1536)

Portrait of Girolamo Aleandro, Archbishop of Brindisi

dated 1536

Engraving | 33.2 x 22.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852180

An engraving of Girolamo Aleandro, Archbishop of Brindisi (1480-1542). Signed with engraver's monogram at left: AV (just above shadow cast on wall), and lettered with identitiy of the sitter. Dated. Annotated in ink in the lower margin.

  • Creator(s)

    Agostino dei Musi (c. 1490-after 1536) (engraver)

  • annotation: S.R.E [...] A.R [front, lower margin, in ink]

  • 33.2 x 22.6 cm (sheet of paper)

  • HIERONYMVS ALEANDER ARCHIEPISCOPVS / BRVNDVSINVS ET ORITANVS, ETC / M. D. XXXVI.

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Christian church in general
            • Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
              • Clergy
                • Archbishops
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.160 C.XI.1

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