Seneca

Thomas de Leu

Associated Names
Thomas de Leu

Artist, French, c. 1560 - c. 1620

The image depicts a man's portrait from the upper half of his body. He has long wavy hair, a full beard and mustache. The man is turned slightly to his right, looking directly at the viewer. He wears a loose-fitting robe and holds a rolled scroll in his left hand, while his right hand is raised with fingers slightly apart. The background features an oval frame with Latin text, surrounded by flowers at each corner of the square border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.7 x 11 cm (5 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.1 x 21 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.208.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 485

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: L.A. SENECQVE; around oval border in plate: IMPAVIDVM FERIENT RVINAE; by later hand, lower right in graphite below plate: T. De Leu Sc.

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q75120665

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