Henri, duc de Bar

Thomas de Leu

Associated Names
Thomas de Leu

Artist, French, c. 1560 - c. 1620

The image is an engraving showing a bust portrait of a man within an oval frame. The man is facing forward with a slight turn to his right side, with a beard, mustache, and curly, receding hair. He is dressed in an elaborate period costume with a high collar and textured doublet adorned with patterns and buttons. The background includes the oval frame and a detailed hatched pattern. Text outside the oval identifies the man as "HANRY DE LORRAINE DUC DE BAR ET MAROVIS DV PONT."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.7 x 14 cm (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 26.8 x 19.8 cm (10 9/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 81.307, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe: no. 81.307, i/ii

Inscriptions

around portrait in image: HANRY DE LORRAYNE DVC DE BAR ET MARQVIS DV PONTX.; lower center in image: Al'unicque princesse, honneur de nostre france / Digne soeur d'un grand Roy; a prince genereux / A faict, pour la Lorraine, une double Alliance / Par un Sainct Hymenée, egallement hereux / Tomas de Leu fe.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: In the 2nd state the vertical shaows between the eyebrows / are suppressed

Wikidata ID

Q76558965

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