Isaac Oliver, Miniature Painter

1610

Robert de Baudous

Associated Names
Robert de Baudous

Artist, Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

Hendrik Hondius I

Publisher, Dutch, 1573 - 1649 or after

The image depicts the upper half of a man standing, with his right hand on his chest and his left hand holding a small circular object, possibly a medallion. The man has distinct facial features, a mustache, a pointed beard, dark wavy hair, and is dressed in an ornate vest with a detailed pattern. On the table in front of him are miniature portraits and an artist's palette with brushes. In the background, there is a landscape with buildings, hills, and sailboats in a body of water. The image is labeled as Isaac Oliver.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.8 × 13.2 cm (8 9/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.417

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, undescribed

  • Series Title

    Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium Praecipuae Germaniae Inferioris Effigies

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, 1951.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Hondius, Nadine Orenstein, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, undescribed.

Wikidata ID

Q65356331

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