"El Gran Capitanio"

c. 1516/1520

Italian 16th Century

Associated Names
Italian 16th Century

Artist

The image features a man seen in a three-quarter view from the waist up. He faces slightly left with his gaze directed upwards and away from the viewer. He has distinct facial features including a pronounced nose, full beard and mustache, and wavy shoulder-length hair. The man wears a cap with a rope-like detail, along with a patterned quilted garment with a decorative collar. He holds a wooden rod or staff in his right hand. The background is plain with some shading, and there is text in the upper left corner of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.6 x 21.6 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1341

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 1, p.257, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1959

  • Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1959, no catalogue.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 352.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.191.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q64953550

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