Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma

1638/1644

Pieter de Jode II after Otto van Veen

Associated Names
Pieter de Jode II

Artist/publisher, Flemish, 1601 - 1670 or after

Otto van Veen

Artist After, Flemish, 1556 - 1629

The image shows a man in a bust-length portrait in a three-quarter view, facing slightly left. The man has a beard, mustache, short hair swept back, and is wearing detailed, collared attire with a ruffled collar peeking over a dark garment. He holds a baton over his shoulder with one visible hand. In the background, there is an archway and a floral design with long leaves and blossoms. The setting is enclosed in an oval border with an inscription in Latin below the portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16 × 12.3 cm (6 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.455

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 266, State i/ii

  • Series Title

    Theatre of Portraits

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bindon Blood [died 1855], Ennis, (L.3011). 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

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The De Jode Dynasty, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2020: Part IX, no. 266, i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65081862

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