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Print, Title Page, Icones Principum Virorum

This is a Print. It was print maker: Anthony van Dyck and sitter: Anthony van Dyck. It is dated 1633–1641. Its medium is etching and engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

Mat: 26 × 15.2 cm (10 1/4 in. × 6 in.)

It is signed

Signed: "Ant. van Dyck fecit aqua forti"; on face of pedestal: "ICONES PRINCIPUM VIRORUM DOCTORUM,..followed by: "ANTWERPIAE/GILLIS HENDRICX EDCUDIT," in cartouche; at lower left: "Iac. Neeffs Sculpsit."

It is inscribed

On the square slab supporting the bus, left: "ANT. VAN DUCK:' right: "Ant. van Dyck fecit aqua forti." Flanking the pedestal are two heads of Mercury, with trumped and caduceus. On face of pedestal: "ICONES PRINCIPUM VIRORUM DOCTORUM,..followed by: "ANTWERPIAE/GILLIS HENDRICX EDCUDIT," in cartouche. At lower left: "Iac. Neeffs Sculpsit."

Cite this object as

Print, Title Page, Icones Principum Virorum; Print Maker: Anthony van Dyck (Netherlandish, 1599 – 1641); Netherlands; etching and engraving on paper; Mat: 26 × 15.2 cm (10 1/4 in. × 6 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-122

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