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Iconologia:or Moral Emblems by Caesar Ripa

Artist: Cesare Ripa (Italian, Perugia ca. 1555probably 1622 Rome)

Publisher: Benjamin Motte (British, died 1710)
Published in: London
Date: 1709
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
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Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (23.5 x 18.5 cm)

Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Accession Number: 46.83

Not on view

Catalogue Raisonn
Univ.Cat.II.1743, Mario Praz.140

Timeline of Art History (2000-present)

Timelines
Great Britain and Ireland, 16001800 A.D.

MetPublications

Velzquez

Department
Drawings and Prints (156,603)

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Artist / Maker / Culture Object Type / Material

Benjamin Motte (3) Books (26,228)
Cesare Ripa (3) Engraving (27,575)
Illustrations (7,004)

Geographic Location Date / Era

England (8,336) A.D. 16001800 (75,110)
Europe (168,003)
London (4,471)
United Kingdom (28,049)

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