William Leybourn, Mathematician

Robert Gaywood

Associated Names
Robert Gaywood

Artist, English, active 1650/1680

The image features a portrait focused on the upper body of a man. He is shown in a three-quarter view, facing slightly to the left. The man has medium-length curly hair, a high forehead, arched eyebrows, large eyes, a straight nose, and a subtly downturned mouth with a small mustache. He is wearing a dark coat with a large, turned-up white collar adorned with tassel-like decorative elements. The background has an engraved texture depicting clouds in the sky and rocky formations on the right side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.639


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

Wikidata ID

Q65365580

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