Portrait of a Gentleman

1690

Carl Gustav Amling

Associated Names
Carl Gustav Amling

Artist, German, before 1650 - 1703

The image depicts the upper body of a person in a seated position with a slight turn towards the left. The person has a round face, a defined nose, and curly hair framing their face. They are wearing a richly patterned garment with an intricate design and a lace collar around their neck. The background is plain, and the person is set within an oval frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and gray ink over traces of graphite on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.5 x 12.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.37.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Katrin Bellinger, Munich); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Robison, Andrew, "Later American Collectors of Later German Drawings," Master Drawings 39, no. 2, Summer 2001, 186, 188, fig. 17.

Inscriptions

across bottom in pen and brown ink: Carl: Gustav: ab. Amling. ad vivum. Delineavit. 1690

Wikidata ID

Q64537937

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