Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

1586

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image displays a portrait of a man. He is depicted from the chest up, positioned slightly turned to his left but facing forward. The man has well-defined facial features, a full beard and mustache, and a receding hairline under a high, flat hat adorned with a large feather. His short hair is light in color, and he wears an ornate garment with a high lace collar and an embroidered doublet. The portrait is framed in an oval frame with inscribed text. The background is plain and neutral, highlighting the detailed portrait.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate (oval): 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 8.5 x 6.8 cm (3 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.45.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 213

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph Crawhall (Lugt 466)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1921

  • Hirschmann, Otto. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) mit Benutzung der durch E.W. Moest hinterlassenen Notizen zusammengestellt. Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1921. Reprint. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &Bie

1989

  • Sotheby's, THE PRINTS OF H. GOLTZIUS, London: 6/27/89, no.42.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 213.

Inscriptions

on subject's shoulder, lower left in plate: HG Fe; around circumference in plate: Robertus Comes Leycestrice Locutenes General. Sereniss.Rega. Angliae in exercitu eius in Belgio Gubern. general. provinciar. unitaru. Ao86.; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: Goltzius

Wikidata ID

Q74882777

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