Godfredus Aldemarus Alexandrino (Godfrey Adelmar)

published 1602

William Rogers

Associated Names
William Rogers

Artist, English, born c. 1589/1604

The image shows a man wearing full armor and a helmet with a cross-like design on the chest plate. He has a mustache and is holding a sword in his right hand, with the left hand on his hip. The detailed armor features jointed plates and rivets. The man is standing on a patterned floor within an arched architectural frame. The background includes a scene with rolling hills, clouds in the sky, and distant buildings with smoke rising.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.7 × 16.5 cm (10 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q65087459

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