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Image Not Available for Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Image Not Available for Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography

Primary (Zaltbommel, The Netherlands, 1595–Antwerp, Belgium, 1675)
NationalityFlemish, Europe
Date1620
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 7 5/8 in. (28 × 19.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (24.1 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1150
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1150
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French lawyer, senator, scientist, archeologist and astronomer, to name only a few of his roles, Peiresc is most noted for discovering the Orion Nebula. He commissioned the help of engraver Claude Mellan to produce a map of the Moon’s surface but died in 1637 before its completion.
Exhibitions
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Francisco de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1634
Image Not Available for Francisco de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Francisco de Moncada, Marqués de Aytona, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
after 1634
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Joos de Momper, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1620
Image Not Available for Jacomo de Cachiopin, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Jacomo de Cachiopin, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1620
Image Not Available for Jacomo de Cachiopin, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Jacomo de Cachiopin, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1615
Image Not Available for Cornelis de Vos, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Cornelis de Vos, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1620
Image Not Available for Jan van Mildert, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Jan van Mildert, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1620
Image Not Available for Jan van Mildert, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Jan van Mildert, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1620
Image Not Available for Lucas Van Uden, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Van Uden, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1620
Image Not Available for Karel van Mallery, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Karel van Mallery, after Anthony Van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
after 1635
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Theodore Galle, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1620
Image Not Available for Wenceslaus Coebergher, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Wenceslaus Coebergher, after Anthony van Dyck, from the Iconography
Lucas Vorsterman, the elder
1620