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Dictio al Palazo di Madama

Giovanni Battista Mercati

Artist, Italian, 1591-1645

Giovanni Battista Mercati

Attributed to

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

sheet: 10.2 × 13.5 cm (4 × 5 5/16 in.)
plate: 9.5 × 12.8 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

2012.68.13

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Christopher Mendez

Inscriptions

upper right in plate: 25; upper center in plate: Dictio al Palazo di Madama.; lower left in plate: G. M. F.

Wikidata ID

Q76561438

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