Alfonso X, King of Castile

17th century

William Rogers

Associated Names
William Rogers

Artist, English, born c. 1589/1604

The image shows a man standing confidently. He is dressed in medieval armor and holds a spear. His facial features include a beard and a determined expression, partially concealed by a hat. The background features an archway and rolling hills with medieval structures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.8 × 16.6 cm (10 3/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.6 × 19.7 cm (11 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.544

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1955, no. 2, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hill-Stone Fine Prints & Drawings, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 6, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1955

  • Hind, Arthur M. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. 3 vols. Cambridge: University Press, 1955: no. 2, i/ii

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom right: Willms Rogers Sculp.

Wikidata ID

Q76557142

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