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Print, Portrait of Charles II of Spain (1661-1700)

This is a Print. It is dated 1665-1670 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

23 × 16.2 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Along the lower margin: "Charles 2e par la grace... Roy le 8e d'octobre en 1665"; below, in Spanish: "Don Carlos II por la Gracia...de Murcia, de Jaen"/"A Paris chez Berte...Privil du Roy."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Charles II of Spain (1661-1700); France; engraving on paper; 23 × 16.2 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-192

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