The Spanish Grand Duke of Alba or Iron Duke in the Netherlands, 1618

€ 260

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Date: 1618
Sheet size: 34.5 × 20.5 cm (13.6 × 8.1 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BGI-00831

Condition

Age-related toning. French text on verso. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

Antique portrait titled 'Ferdinando Alvares a Toledo (..)'.

Old portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel or Ferdinandus Toletanus Dux Albanus (1507 - 1582), known as the Grand Duke of Alba in Spain and the Iron Duke in the Netherlands, he was a Spanish noble, general, and diplomat. This print originates from 'L'histoire des Pays-Bas d'Emanuel de Meteren. Ou recueil des guerres, et choses memorables advenues tant és dits pays, qu'és pays voysins, depuis l'an 1315 (..)'.

Artists and Engravers: Emanuel van Meteren or Meteeren (1535-1612) was a Flemish historian and consul for 'the Traders of the Low Countries' in London.