Sir Richard Spencer, Ambassador to Holland

Hendrik Hondius I (publisher)

Associated Names
Hendrik Hondius I

Publisher, Dutch, 1573 - 1649 or after

The image features an engraving of a man visible from the chest up facing slightly to his right. He has a high forehead, bushy eyebrows, a prominent beard, and a mustache with short, neatly groomed hair. He wears formal attire with a wide, intricately patterned collar, a buttoned vest under a cloak-like outer garment. The background is a plain area encircled by a decorative oval border. The engraving contains text in Latin around the oval and a description in French at the bottom. No additional objects or adornments are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.7 × 11.4 cm (7 3/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1950.14.1135

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 150, 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

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Hondius, Nadine Orenstein, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 150, state only.

Wikidata ID

Q65369321

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