Sir Anthony Shirley, Traveler and Ambassador to Persia

Provenance

Claude-Augustin Mariette [born 1652], Paris, (L.1786). W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Sir Anthony Shirley, Traveler and Ambassador to Persia

Italian 17th Century

1601

Accession Number

1950.14.1098

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed within platemark): 19.4 × 14 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

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