Gaspar de Gusman, Count of Olivares

c. 1626

Paulus Pontius

Artist, Flemish, 1603 - 1658

Paulus Pontius, after Sir Peter Paul Rubens, after Diego Velázquez

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper [proof before letters]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 60.3 × 43.6 cm (23 3/4 × 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.45

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 82, State undesc., proof before letters

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor Leo Steinberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Murillo: The Self-Portraits, The Frick Collection, New York, 2017.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 82, undesc. proof before letters

Inscriptions

In dark brown ink at top: [HESPERE] QVIS [CAELO] LVCET [FELICIOR IGNIS] / CA[EL]O [LUCET] FELICIOR I[GNIS] (mostly illegible, second line crossed-out; corresponds with inscription from later state); In brown ink, on pedestal, bottom left: Velasques Pinxit.

Markings

Some diagonal hatching in brown ink, on pedestal at bottom.

Wikidata ID

Q76559083

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