Johann Valentin Maier

1668

Jacob von Sandrart

Associated Names
Jacob von Sandrart

Artist, German, 1630 - 1708

The image shows an engraved portrait of an older man with distinct features, including deep-set eyes and long, gray wavy hair. He is wearing a dark cap and a dark garment with a wide white collar. The oval frame surrounding the portrait is decorated with Latin script, and there is a smaller crest below with an illustration and text. The background consists of dense hatch marks typical of engraving.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 19.5 × 13.5 cm (7 11/16 × 5 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1185

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 229, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alfred Morrison [1821-1897], London and Fonthill, (L.151). 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's German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, 1400-1700. 102 vols, ongoing. Roosendaal: Koninklije Van Poll, 1994: Vol. XXXVIII, no. 229.

Wikidata ID

Q65358540

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