Pieter Louis van Schuppen
Pierre Pithou, 1539 - 1596. French jurist and scholar
About this artwork
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title:Pierre Pithou, 1539 - 1596. French jurist and scholar
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accession number:FP I 115.1
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materials:Line engraving on paper
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date created:1685
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measurements:28.30 x 20.30 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by William Finlay Watson 1886
Pieter Louis van Schuppen
Pieter Louis van Schuppen
Van Schuppen trained as an engraver in his home town of Antwerp. He then travelled to Paris where he became a pupil of French engraver, Robert Nanteuil. He engraved portraits and historical subjects after various masters.
