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IMP: VI. (Nero)

  • ARTIST: Abraham Janssens

  • MEDIUM: Mezzotint

    DATE: C.1690.

  • EDITION SIZE: Plate size 6 1/2 x 4 7/8" (16.7 x 12.5 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: A. Jansen p: J.F. Leomarf f. (Johann Friedrich Leonard)<br><br> Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his suicide in AD 68.<br><br> Jean-Frederic Leonart (also Leonard, Leonhard, 1633-1688) was a French engraver and early practitioner of the medium of mezzotint.<br><br> Abraham Janssens I, or Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen was a Flemish painter, who is known principally for his large religious and mythological works, which show the influence of Caravaggio. He was the leading history painter in Flanders prior to the return of Rubens from Italy.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition.

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