Jean IV, Duke of Bragance

Balthasar Moncornet

Associated Names
Balthasar Moncornet

Artist, French, c. 1600 - 1668

The image depicts the upper body of a man facing slightly to the right, with his head turned toward the viewer. He has a moustache, a goatee, and medium-length wavy hair falling to his shoulders. The man is wearing a detailed Baroque-style outfit with a high ruffled collar, buttons, and a cross hanging from a cord around his neck. The background shows a public event with people gathered around a stage where a figure is addressing the crowd. The setting has architectural elements like a canopy and a tassel. The scene is enclosed within an oval frame, with text identifying the subject as Jean IV, King of Portugal and the Algarves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.9 x 11.9 cm (6 1/4 x 4 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.1 x 15.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.208.64

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Balt. Moncornet excu; lower right in plate: avec priuileg du Roy; across bottom in plate: IEAN IIII PAR LA GRACE DE DIEV ROY / de Portugal & des Algarbes ...; by later hand, across bottom in brown ink: (3 lines of commentary)

Wikidata ID

Q75120860

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