John, Count of Nassau

1650?

Jonas Suyderhoff after Pieter Claesz Soutman after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Associated Names
Jonas Suyderhoff

Artist, Dutch, c. 1613 - 1686

Pieter Claesz Soutman

Publisher, Dutch, 1580 - 1657

Pieter Claesz Soutman

Artist After, Dutch, 1580 - 1657

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist After, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

The image shows an engraving of a man in an ornate oval frame. The man's upper body and head are displayed, with his torso slightly angled. His facial features are detailed, with a high forehead, bushy eyebrows, large eyes, a pronounced mustache, and a small goatee. He has tight curls close to the scalp. He is dressed in elaborate attire with a lacy, ruffled collar, and a patterned garment with an insignia or decoration across the chest. The border around him is intricately designed with carvings of fruit, floral motifs, and foliage. The background includes fruit and vegetables. The lower portion of the engraving has a Latin inscription detailing the man's titles, surrounded by emblems of nobility and decoration.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 41.1 x 27.8 cm (16 3/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 46.1 x 33 cm (18 1/8 x 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.16.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 272, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Tunick, Inc.); purchased by NGA, 2003

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 272, state i/ii.

Inscriptions

lower center in image: Joannis comis nassoviae...Belgio Prefectus ; lower left in plate: Ant. Van Dyck Pinxit / P. Soutman Effigiavit et Excud; lower right in plate: I. Suyderhoef Sculpsit / cum Privilegis S. Ca. M.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: W. 42 / 287; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 8D7 N 243

Wikidata ID

Q76346552

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