Portrait of Sixtus V
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Nicolaus van Aelst|Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti)
Artist bio: Flemish, Brussels 1526–1613 Rome|Italian, Grottamare near Pescara 1520–1590 Rome
Artist role: Publisher|Sitter
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1589
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: plate: 20 1/16 x 14 in. (50.9 x 35.5 cm)
sheet: 21 3/16 x 16 5/16 in. (53.8 x 41.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession year: 1949
Tags: Buildings|Obelisks|Men|Portraits|Popes