Oriental with a Fur Hat, Looking Left

1775

Paul Haubenstricker

Associated Names
Paul Haubenstricker

Artist, Austrian, 1750 - 1793

The image shows a portrait of a person in a profile view facing left. The person has an elongated face with prominent facial features. They wear an elaborate headpiece, possibly a turban or hat, with a prominent plume or fur-like texture rising. The clothing is loose-fitting, suggesting a robe or cloak. There are no visible jewelry or objects. The background is textured with cross-hatched lines. A signature and the year "1775" are in the corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Jimmy and Jessica Younger, Houston

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.5 x 8.7 cm (5 5/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 13.6 x 8.7 cm (5 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
    mount: 17.9 x 13.1 cm (7 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.50.3

  • Series Title

    from a series of Oriental heads

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz (Lugt 4398). (Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main); purchased by 2012 NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

Bibliography

2011

  • Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler. Quodlibet: Graphik des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt am Main: 2011. no. 50

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: PH (in monogram): 1775; by later hand, lower center of mount in blue ink: 163

Wikidata ID

Q76560553

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