Prince Christopher, son of Anthony, King of Portugal

Anna van Bouckel

Associated Names
Anna van Bouckel

Artist, Dutch, active 17th century

The image shows a man with a mustache, chin beard, and curly hair styled back. He wears a high-collared shirt with a ruff and a richly decorated garment. The background features a lined oval and Latin text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 13.2 × 9.2 cm (5 3/16 × 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.313

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

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, around portrait: CHRISTOPHORVS PRINCEPS D. ANTONII PORTVGALIAE REGIS FILIVS AETATIS 62; in plate, below image: Viribus ingenitis, m sors inimica resistat / Et sceptra, et patrios oculis inscripsit honores. / D. du Moutier pinxit. Anna van Bouckel sculpsit.; verso: in black ink, at lower left: Anna Van Bouckel

Markings

Hermann Marx (L.2816A); W.B. Dukes (L.2757a)

Wikidata ID

Q65069968

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