Christopher Chelys Simpson

published 1667

William Faithorne

Associated Names
William Faithorne

Artist, English, 1616 - 1691

The image displays an engraved portrait of a person in a front-facing seated position. He has long, wavy hair, a mustache, a pronounced nose, a high forehead, and a solemn expression. He is dressed in a dark-colored, buttoned-up garment with a high, ruffled collar and a bow or cravat. The background features a textured, hatched pattern, and below the oval frame, there is an emblem with a lion and the Latin phrase "LUXE LUX SINE UMBRA." Inscribed below is the name "Christophori Simpson Effigies."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.3 × 8.6 cm (5 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.723

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fagan 1888, no. 60

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

Bibliography

1888

  • Fagan, Louis. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved Works of William Faithorne. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888.

Wikidata ID

Q65368542

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