[Sr. Antonio More] [art original].

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Title: [Sr. Antonio More] [art original].
Alternative Title: Sir Antonio More
Anthonis Mor
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of Anthonis Mor (ca. 1517-1576 or 7), portrait painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands. He worked in London from 1553 until 1555 in the service of Prince Philip (later Philip II of Spain) until 1555. In addition to the portraits of members of the English court, he also portrayed élite merchants and financiers
Description: Title from print based on this drawing, in Anecdotes of painting in England.
Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v.1, opp. p. 122.
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii.122. Purchased by Wilmarth S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : image and sheet 14.0 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: ink and wash with corrections in brown ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Mor, Anthonis, approximately 1517-1576 or 1577,
Subject (Topic): Artists
Dutch
Subjects: Mor, Anthonis, approximately 1517-1576 or 1577
Artists > Dutch
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: George Vertue, Sr. Antonio More. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.