Illustrator Francisco de Hollanda Media type laid paper | Published 1545 Pages 189 | |
De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines is a literary and pictorial sketchbook. The author of the manuscript and painter of pictures was Francisco de Hollanda (1517-1584).
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Description
It is a manuscript of 189 pages. There are brush, pen, pencil black, brown and brown ink, gouache and gold colors, on beige laid paper.
Analysis
Francisco de Hollanda stayed in Rome, with the Portuguese ambassador from 1538 until 1540. He was a friend of Michelangelo. There were 3 codexes, and the third survives.
References
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