John Trapp, Vicar of Weston-on-Avon, BiblicalCommentator

1654

Robert Gaywood

Associated Names
Robert Gaywood

Artist, English, active 1650/1680

The image is an engraved portrait of a man seated at a table. He is facing slightly left and has one hand on an open book and the other hand holding a pen. The man has a mustache, a small goatee, and short hair under a cap. He is wearing a buttoned tunic with a large white collar and white cuffs. The background has an oval pattern. There is a poem or text, a signature, and the engraving date of 1654 at the bottom of the engraving.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.5 × 14 cm (8 1/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.646

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, 1951.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q65365611

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