Title
Bust of Seneca
Artists
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Details
- Alternative title
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
- Media category
- Materials used
- mezzotint
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 25.5 cm platemark
- Credit
- Gift of Margaret Delmer 1985
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 384.1985
- Copyright
- Artist information
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John Faber the Younger
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Works in the collection
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About
Faber was born in the Netherlands and moved permanently to London at a young age with his father, the engraver John Faber the Elder. Faber probably based this mezzotint on one of the engravings of antique busts that were executed under Rubens's supervision in the 1630s. The marble bust of Seneca depicted here was in Rubens's own collection.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Old Europe: Prints & drawings from the collection 1500-1800, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jun 2006–06 Aug 2006
