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Statue of the Duke of Alba

  • etching, paper
  • 333 x 244 mm
  • Inv. 2014-RW

Public Domain

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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel (better known as Alva) (Piedrahíta 1507 - Tomar 1582), third Duke of Alba, was a Spanish general and governor of the Netherlands at the beginning of the Eighty Years' War.

Artist

Anonymous Master
etchersAAT

Frans Hogenberg RKD
Mechelen ca. 1538 - 1540 - Cologne ca. 1590
after

Title Statue of the Duke of Alba
Period 17th century
Medium and support etching AAT
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
Inventory number 2014-RW
Acquisition credit unknown
2014
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-RW
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8859/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015637 portraits AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
44B114(DUKE) other sovereign (DUKE) Iconclass
45D311 commander-in-chief, general, marshal Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
61B2(FERNANDO ÁLVAREZ DE TOLEDO Y PIMENTEL) historical person (FERNANDO ÁLVAREZ DE TOLEDO Y PIMENTEL) Iconclass
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