The Blind Prince

c. 1550

Lambert Suavius

Associated Names
Lambert Suavius

Artist, Flemish, c. 1510 - 1567

The image shows a central seated figure on an elevated throne-like chair. The central figure has a beard and curly hair, dressed in a robe, holding a long staff. Surrounding him are at least fifteen standing individuals, most with beards and curly hair, wearing long robes and cloaks. Some figures are closely positioned together. In the background, there is an architectural structure with columns and arches, with a draped cloth above the group. Inscriptions in frames at the base and side of the image, two arches in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.4 x 20.6 cm (10 x 8 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.5 x 22.5 cm (10 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.38.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 49

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1878

  • Renier, J.S. Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Lambert Suavius, graveur liegeois. Liege, 1878: no. 60.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vol. XXVIII (Lambert Suavius, compiled by Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer and George S. Keyes). Blaricum: Van Gendt B.V., 1991; no. 49.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Dese ... / ...baet; across bottom in plate: Siet ... /... P ara[l?]po 19; lower right in plate: Fesaias ... / ... n; in laterhand, across bottom verso: (3 lines of collector's notes)

Wikidata ID

Q74065700

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