Allegorie op de schilderkunst Pittura (titel op object), RP-P-OB-16.269, Pedro Perret, 1582

Identificationtitle(s): allegory of painting. Pittura (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-16. 269. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 32-1(2). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 240. Description: allegory of painting: apelles paints the portrait of alexander the great. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: pieter perret (mentioned on object), after a design by: hans speckaert (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: rome. Date: 1582. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 408 mm × w 287 mm. Subject: what: apelles painting alexander holding a thunderbolt 'pictura', symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ painting; 'pittura' (ripa). Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1582.