Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden
probably 1626/1641
Artist, Flemish, 1603 - 1658
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 24.6 x 17.7 cm (9 11/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
page size: 37.4 x 24.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1990.125.1.5
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein, no. 21, State vi/vi
Associated Artworks
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Sir Anthony van Dyck
1626
Jan Bruegel the Elder
Sir Anthony van Dyck
1626
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
Robert van Voerst
1626
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frances Molesworth (inscribed 1777, and again as a gift to [illegible] 1780); Juliana Woodforde (inscribed "Oct. 14, 1832"). Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; gift to NGA, 1990.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2001
The Unfinished Print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001, as Self-Portrait from illustrated volume Le Cabinet des plus beaux Portraits ... faits par le fameux Antoine van Dyck.
2004
"The Unfinished Print", The Frick Collection, New York, 2004.
Bibliography
1884
Dutuit, Eugène. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Vol. I, IV-VI. Paris: A Levy, 1884-1885. Reprint. Amsterdam: G.W. Hissink, 1970-1972.
1991
Mauquoy-Hendrickx, Marie. L'iconographie d'Antoine van Dyck: Cataloque raisonné. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Brussels, 1991.
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony Van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 21, state vi/vi.
Inscriptions
across bottom in plate: GVSTAVVS ADOLPHVS D.G.REX SVEC.GOTH: / ET VAND. MAGNVS PRINCEPS.FINLANDIAE DVX.ETC.; lower left in plate: Paul. Pontius Sculp.; lower center in plate: Ant. van Dyck pinxit
Wikidata ID
Q74887132