Man with a Sword

1685

Sébastien Le Clerc the elder

Associated Names
Sébastien Le Clerc I

Artist, French, 1637 - 1714

The image shows a person standing upright facing slightly left. The individual wears a broad-brimmed hat, medium-length curly hair, a long coat with lace cuffs, a waistcoat, and a cravat at the neck. They hold a cane in their right hand, and their left hand is on their hip. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.5 x 7.2 cm (4 1/2 x 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1600), no. 991, State ii/vii

  • Series Title

    Figures à la Mode (plate 6)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1774

  • Jombert, Charles Antoine. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre de Sebastien Le Clerc. Paris: Charles Antoine Jombert, 1774: no. 205(10)

1939

  • IFF (1600): no. 991, ii/vii

Inscriptions

by later hand in brown ink: paraphe and inscription in brown ink (partially covered and not deciphered); lower left in plate: 6.

Wikidata ID

Q76559132

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