Rare Antique Print-GIL ALVAREZ DE ALBORNOZ-CARDINAL-SPAIN-Larmessin-c. 1675

€150.00

Aegidius Albornotius. Card. – Portrait of Spanish Cardinal Egidio Albornoz, wearing clerical robe and skullcap. Gil Alvarez Carrillo de Albornoz (1310-1367) was a Spanish Cardinal, Bishop of Sabina in Italy, and Archbishop of Toledo in Spain.

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Description

‘Aegidius Albornotius. Card.’

Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20,2 x 28 cm. (8 x 11 inch). Image size: 13 x 17,5 cm. (5,1 x 6,9 inch).

Source unknown, to be determined.

Made by ‘Nicolas de Larmessin’ after an anonymous artist. Nicolas de Larmessin (1632- 1694), Paris, French engraver.

Condition: Good, given age. A stain left of the head, small brown spot on the right, soiling in the margin, fold in left margin and upper right corner, slight paper loss in the lower corners. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: GIL ALVAREZ DE ALBORNOZ-CARDINAL-SPAIN

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