Bust profile portrait of Catherine de' Medici in an ornamented frame, from "Portraits of some princes and illustrious people" (Ritratti di alcuni prencipi, et huomini illustri; also titled Imagines quorundam principum et illustrium virorum)
Nicolò Nelli · Italian
Date: 1567
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: plate: 6 15/16 x 5 3/16 in. (17.6 x 13.2 cm) sheet: 8 11/16 x 6 9/16 in. (22 x 16.6 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Date range
1567 – 1567
Largest dimension
16.6 cm
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