Walter Leslie (Count Leslie)

1637

Lucas Kilian

Associated Names
Lucas Kilian

Artist, German, 1579 - 1637

The image depicts an upper-body portrait of a man from the waist up. He is turned slightly to his right, with his face looking towards the viewer. The man has a long face, aquiline nose, and a mustache with a small goatee. His hair is shoulder-length with a slight curl at the ends, parted in the middle. He wears ceremonial armor with intricate patterns, and a lace-trimmed cravat. There is an oval frame with Latin inscriptions around him, and the border includes various objects like scrolls and instruments. The background has intricate hatching patterns.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.2 × 15.8 cm (9 1/8 × 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.776

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 324, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1976: Vol. XVII, no. 324.

Wikidata ID

Q65361629

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