Thomas Hoobs (Thomas Hobbes)

after 1664

William Faithorne

Associated Names
William Faithorne

Artist, English, 1616 - 1691

The image is an engraving of a man from the chest up. He is facing the viewer with medium-length, wavy hair that falls to his shoulders, a mustache with a small goatee, deep-set eyes, prominent cheekbones, and a serious or contemplative expression. He is wearing a dark, formal garment and a broad, white collar typical of an earlier period. The portrait is surrounded by an oval frame with lined patterns and Latin script, reading "PHILOSOPHIA EN QVAM." Below the oval, the engraving identifies the man as "THOMAS HOBBS Malmesburiensis," aged 76. The background has fine lines creating texture in the engraving.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 19.7 x 14.1 cm (7 3/4 x 5 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 21 x 15 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.4.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fagan 1888, Vol. p, no. 41, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(R. M. Light & Co. Inc., Santa Barbara); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1888

  • Fagan, Louis. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved Works of William Faithorne. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888.

Inscriptions

in image around frame: PHILOSOPHIA EN QVAM MODICE HABITAT; lower right in image: W. Faithorne sculp:; lower center in plate: THOMAS HOOBS Malmeskuriensis. / Aet: suae. 76

Wikidata ID

Q76359951

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