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Ludovico Mattioli: Italian, 1662 - 1747

Augustus (August)
late 17th century: etching on laid paper; plate: 21 × 32.1 cm (8 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.); sheet: 21.6 × 32.6 cm (8 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.); Bartsch 1802-1821, no. 86; Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund; 2017.76.10; Not on View

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Inscription

lower center in plate: AUGUSTUS.

Provenance

(Enrico Cortona, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 86