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Portrait of Spanish Commander Francisco de Valdez

  • burin engraving, paper
  • 177 x 115 mm
  • Inv. 2013-QM

Public Domain

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Francisco de Valdez (Gijón?, c. 1511-1512 - Piombino, 1580), was a Spanish army leader in the Eighty Years' War. He is best known as leader, maestre de campo general, of the Siege of Leiden (1573-1574).

Artist

Jacob Houbraken RKD
Dordrecht 1698 - Amsterdam 1780
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Claes Jansz II Visscher RKD
Amsterdam 1586 - 1587 - Amsterdam 1652
after

P. Meijer
publisherAAT

Title Portrait of Spanish Commander Francisco de Valdez
Period 18th century
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Don Francisco de Valdez./ Spaansch Bevelhebber,/ in 't Beleg van Leyden.
inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: J. Houbraken fec. naar de Prent van C. Visscher.
inscription bottom right: P. Meijer exc.
stamps (tools) on the reverse: Stad Gent / Museum voor schone kunsten
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2013-QM
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-QM
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8536/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015637 portraits AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
45D311 commander-in-chief, general, marshal Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
61B2 historical persons Iconclass
61B2(FRANCISCO DE VALDEZ) historical person (FRANCISCO DE VALDEZ) Iconclass
School / Style Rococo AAT
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