Sir Anthony Shirley, Traveler and Ambassador to Persia

1601

Unknown Artist

Associated Names
Italian 17th Century

Artist

Giovanni Orlandi

Publisher, Italian, active 1590 - 1640

The image shows a portrait of a man wearing armor. He has a beard, mustache, and curly hair and is facing forward. The background includes a shield with a coat of arms above his left shoulder. The setting is plain and cross-hatched, with text below the portrait providing information about the individual.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 19.4 × 14 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1098

  • Series Title

    Effiggie naturali de i maggior prencipi et piu valorosi capitani di questa eta con l'arme loro

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Claude-Augustin Mariette [born 1652], Paris, (L.1786). 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, below image: ANTONIVS SHERLEYNS ANGLVS / EQVES AVRATVS / Magm. Sophi Persarum Legatius Sanctißo. D. N. Clem. VIII. ceteris / que Princibus Christianis huius amicitae et Auctor et Ductor / Ioannes Orlandi formis Romae In platea pasquini Anno Domini 1601. Super pmißu [?]; verso: at lower center, in brown ink, in later hand: Claude Augustin Mariette / 1694ß

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65215614

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