Abraham Ortelius (Wortels)

Philip Galle

Associated Names
Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

The image shows a colored portrait of a man in a bust view, facing to the right. He has a bald head with gray hair around the sides, a beard, pointed nose, and high cheekbones. He wears an ornate outfit with a white ruffled collar, a black undergarment, and a red outer garment trimmed with brown fur. There are black embellishments on his sleeve. The portrait is in an elaborate frame with floral and scroll motifs in red, gold, blue, and green. The frame includes a round emblem with the letters "IHS" or a similar symbol at the top. A Latin inscription is below the oval frame. The background is off-white paper, slightly discolored with age at the corners.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.4 × 21.5 cm (12 3/4 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.950

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 659, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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. (Philips Galle, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 359, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65364316

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