Matteo Florimi
Portrait of Alexander Farnese
1579-1602
Scroll
Matteo Florimi
Portrait of Alexander Farnese
1579-1602
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 170 × 120 mm. (6 11/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.4539
See 1984.81.4524 and 1984.81.4535. Farnese (1545-1592) was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586-1592, and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592. See BM R,7.90 and Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-15.810
Inscribed: Recto: in plate: in oval around portrait: "ALEXANDER FARNESIVS D. G. PARMÆ ET PLACENTIÆ DVX."; below portrait: "Ecquid Alexandri miro non fulget / in ore / Hac vecerum omne decus per / lege fronte DVCVM / Matteo Florimi formis"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
