Allegorie op de schilderkunst, Pieter Perret, after Hans Speckaert, 1582

Title(s)

Allegorie op de schilderkunst
Pittura (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-16.269

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 32-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Allegorie op de schilderkunst: Apelles schildert het portret van Alexander de Grote.

Artist

• print maker: Pieter Perret (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Hans Speckaert (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1582

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 408 mm × width 287 mm

What

• Apelles painting Alexander holding a thunderbolt
• 'Pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'Pittura' (Ripa)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Andries Pauli (Pauwels) to Johannes Rem, p. 48, cat.nr. 32