William Frederick of Nassau

Abraham Blooteling

Associated Names
Abraham Blooteling

Artist, Dutch, 1640 - 1690

The image shows a man standing with his left arm resting on a helmet and his right hand holding a staff. He has shoulder-length wavy hair and a serious expression. He wears intricate armor, a lace collar, a bracelet on his left wrist, and a sash across his chest. The background shows a pastoral landscape with soldiers on horseback in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 46.4 × 35.8 cm (18 1/4 × 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1245

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 54, State ii/ii

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. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam, 1950: vol. II: no. 54, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65214116

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