Henri de Lorraine, duc de Guise

Jean Morin after Justus Sustermans

Associated Names
Jean Morin

Artist, French, c. 1600 - 1650

Justus Sustermans

Artist After, Flemish, 1597 - 1681

The image depicts a man with wavy, shoulder-length hair, facing slightly to the right. He has strong facial features, including a prominent nose and a short mustache. The man is wearing a suit of armor with a patterned sash over his right shoulder and a lace collar. The portrait is bordered by an octagonal frame with inscribed text around it, and the background consists of delicate line work.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and stippling on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.2 x 23.6 cm (11 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.25.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mazel 2004, no. 68, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Murray Hornibrook (Lugt Supp.1873b)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1945

  • Hornibrook, Murray and Charles Petitjean. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits by Jean Morin (c.1590-1650). Cambridge: University Press, 1945.

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil 57.

2004

  • Mazel, Jean. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Morin. Paris, 2004.

Inscriptions

around circumference in plate in border: HENRY.DE.LORAINE.DUC.DE.GVISE.PAIR.DE.FRANCE.ET.COMTE.D'EV.&C.; lower left in plate: I Citermans pinx; lower right in plate: I Morin scul. cum priu Regis; lower right verso in graphite: Boerner / I 9/10-wm / H & P 19 I/III / MH 19 RD57; lLv: in graphite: Murray Hornibrook

Wikidata ID

Q74046183

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