Head of the Executioner

1658

Prince Rupert of the Pfalz

Artist, German, 1619 - 1682

Prince Rupert of the Pfalz after Jusepe de Ribera

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14.6 × 17.4 cm (5 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
    plate: 13 × 16.3 cm (5 1/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.325

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at upper left: Rp f [with a crown above]; below image, in graphite: St. Jean gravé en maniere noir par le Prince Palatin Robert. Inventeur de cet [text incomplete]; verso: at lower left, in graphite: 12 J / C 2990 ; at lower right, in graphite: 40008

Markings

none

Watermarks

fleur-de-lis fragment

Wikidata ID

Q65081901

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