The image shows three individuals standing closely together. The person on the left is viewed in profile, with long, curly hair and a mustache, wearing a costume adorned with multiple buttons down the front and a wide hat topped with large, elaborate feathers. This person holds a long staff in one hand, with their other hand resting on their hip. The central figure is cloaked in a garment that covers the head and body, with only a netted veil revealing no facial features, holding what appears to be a small goblet or cup. The person on the right has their back turned to the viewer and is dressed in a doublet and hose typical of Renaissance fashion, decorated with a feather from their hat and a fur-pelt draped over the belt. The background is plain with a simple line pattern suggesting a floor.
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The image shows three individuals standing closely together. The person on the left is viewed in profile, with long, curly hair and a mustache, wearing a costume adorned with multiple buttons down the front and a wide hat topped with large, elaborate feathers. This person holds a long staff in one hand, with their other hand resting on their hip. The central figure is cloaked in a garment that covers the head and body, with only a netted veil revealing no facial features, holding what appears to be a small goblet or cup. The person on the right has their back turned to the viewer and is dressed in a doublet and hose typical of Renaissance fashion, decorated with a feather from their hat and a fur-pelt draped over the belt. The background is plain with a simple line pattern suggesting a floor.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Grandee, a Peasant, and a Veiled Woman

Attributed to Zacharias Dolendo after Jacques de Gheyn II

Date
1595/1596
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 24 x 16.9 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 40 x 27.3 cm (15 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2004.21.5
Credit line
New Century Fund
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
The Masquerades

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • Woman
  • Costume
  • Hat
  • Weapons
  • Man
Provenance

Château de la Roche-Guyon, France (part of an album)1; (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased by NGA, 2004. 1 The album was bound in vellum, with "Abraham" on the cover and "Ligeoys" on the back cover. The Château de la Roche-Guyon stamp was on some of the pages, which included a variety of northern mannerist prints by Goltzius, Matham, Saenredam, and others. Compiled by 1610, it was apparently dismantled by Prouté before the sale of some of the prints to the NGA.

Inscription

lower center in plate: IDGeijn. Inuen. et excu.; lower left in plate: 5

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