Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Albans

1728

George Vertue after Paulus van Somer I

Associated Names
George Vertue

Artist, British, 1684 - 1756

Paulus van Somer I

Artist After, Flemish, c. 1576 - 1621

The image shows a man in opulent early 17th-century attire, standing and facing slightly right. He gazes towards the viewer with a composed expression. The man has a prominent forehead, mustache, goatee, curly ear-length hair, and is holding a paper with his right hand on a table next to a plumed hat. The background features a grand curtain or drapery. The engraving identifies the person as Francis Bacon with Latin text at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.5 × 20 cm (10 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.149

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q65072511

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