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Print, Portrait of Carolus Celanus (Celani)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Albertus Clouwet. It is dated ca. 1675 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 12.9 × 7.3 cm (5 1/16 × 2 7/8 in.) Paper: 15 × 9 cm (5 7/8 × 3 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, upper left: "Carolus Celanus"; upper right: "Canonicus Neap."' lower left: "Aetat Suae"; lower right: "Ann. Lv"; lower margin: "Celani expressit ...ipse suis"; lower left: Luca Jordean pinx"; lower right: "Alberto Clowet."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Carolus Celanus (Celani); Print Maker: Albertus Clouwet (Dutch, active in Italy, 1636 - 1679); Netherlands; engraving on paper; Plate: 12.9 × 7.3 cm (5 1/16 × 2 7/8 in.) Paper: 15 × 9 cm (5 7/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-137-1

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