Head of the Executioner
1658
Prince Rupert of the Pfalz
Artist, German, 1619 - 1682
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Artwork overview
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Medium
mezzotint with engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 14.6 × 17.4 cm (5 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
plate: 13 × 16.3 cm (5 1/8 × 6 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1946.21.325
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
recto: in plate, at upper left: Rp f [with a crown above]; below image, in graphite: St. Jean gravé en maniere noir par le Prince Palatin Robert. Inventeur de cet [text incomplete]; verso: at lower left, in graphite: 12 J / C 2990 ; at lower right, in graphite: 40008
Markings
none
Watermarks
fleur-de-lis fragment
Wikidata ID
Q65081901