Bust profile portrait of Catherine de' Medici in an ornamented frame,from 'Portraits of some princes and illustrious people' ('Ritratti di alcuni prencipi, et huomini illustri'; also titled 'Imagines quorundam principum et illustrium virorum'), published by Bolognino Zaltieri in Venice in 1568
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Portraits of some princes and illustrious people (Ritratti di alcuni prencipi, et huomini illustri; also titled Imagines quorundam principum et illustrium virorum), published by Bolognino Zaltieri in Venice in 1568
Artist: Nicolò Nelli
Artist bio: Italian, active Venice, ca. 1552–79
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1567
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: plate: 6 15/16 x 5 3/16 in. (17.6 x 13.2 cm)
sheet: 8 11/16 x 6 9/16 in. (22 x 16.6 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Queens|Profiles