Diego Velasquez: The Family of Velasquez (from engraving by Kovatsch)'

Made:
1847-08-31
maker:
Nicolaas Henneman

Diego Velasquez: The Family of Velasquez (from engraving by Kovatsch)', calotype photographed by Nicolaas Henneman, 31 August 1847. Mathematical calculation on verso '66 x 50 = 3,300'. Print 34 in 'Annals of the Artists of Spain', published by Sir William Sterling Maxwell (1818-1878) in 1848. '34' inscribed in pencil. Spainsh painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 1599 - 1660) was a leading artist at the court of the Spainsh King Philip IV.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1937-3436
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 70 mm x 77 mm
image: 66 mm x 74 mm
type:
photograph, calotype and salt print
credit:
Matilda Talbot