Bernhard, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Udalric and Afra in Augsburg

1662

Bartholomaus Kilian after Johann Heinrich Schoenfeld

Associated Names
Bartholomaus Kilian

Artist, German, 1630 - 1696

Johann Heinrich Schoenfeld

Artist After, German, 1609 - 1682/1683

The image depicts a man from the waist up, facing the viewer with his hands clasped in front of him. He is holding a string of beads in one hand and a book in the other. The man has aged facial features, with noticeable lines and a serious expression. He has a prominent forehead, a receding hairline, and neatly groomed hair on the sides. He is wearing a high-collared robe. The background includes an oval frame with Latin text, emblems, coats of arms, and other designs. The overall tone is formal and classical, focusing on the subject's serious demeanor.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21 × 13.1 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.189

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 147, State only

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

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co, 1975: Vol. XVI, no. 147.

Wikidata ID

Q65070964

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