Il Prete Ianni, Re d'Ethiopia (Prester John, King of Ethiopia)

1599

Luca Ciamberlano

Artist, Italian, 1580 - 1641

Giovanni Orlandi

Publisher, Italian, active 1590 - 1640

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.2 × 15.3 cm (7 15/16 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 24.2 × 18.7 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2024.116.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, The Netherlands; (Agnews, Brussels); purchased by NGA, 2024

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image: IL PRETEIANNI, RED' / ETHIOPIA; in plate, below image, at left: Rome, Kal: Mar: 1599; in plate, below image, at right: Joannis,Orla: formis.; in lower margin in black ink in later hand: a 24. [?]bre 1793.6: a verso: none

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

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