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LastDodo number
5274401
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
OPTIMO ET ORNAT. VIRO D. EMANUELI DE METEREN ANTVERP: HISTORICO INSIGNI OMNIU ARTIU ET ANTIQ. ADMIRATORI POSUIT
Year
1607
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Dimensions
27,1 x 17,0
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Portrait of Emanuel van Meteren (1535-1612), merchant in London and historian in Antwerp, at the age of 73. Bust to the right, in ornamental frame with edge lettering, decorated with garlands. Page from a book, on the verso a poem about Van Meteren. Copper engraving by Robert de Baudous (ca.1575 - after 1659). Signed in print. Made in Amsterdam in 1607. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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