Albrecht Durer

1550s

Pieter van der Heyden

Associated Names
Pieter van der Heyden

Artist, Netherlandish, active c. 1551/1572

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Erhard Schön

Artist After, German, c. 1491 - 1542

The image shows a side profile portrait of a man from the chest up. The man is positioned facing left, with a distinguished nose, full beard, and shoulder-length wavy hair. His facial features include deep-set eyes and a rounded forehead. He wears a garment with a high collar, possibly a robe or coat with intricate patterns. The background features finely lined shading typical of an engraving. Below the image, there is a block of inscribed text in Latin, carved in a rectangular panel.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 17.4 x 13.8 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.375

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 159

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

unidentified collector (Lugt 5530?); W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger

Markings

stamped in black ink at lower left, quatrefoil collector's mark similar to Lugt 5530)

Wikidata ID

Q65081887

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