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The image shows a side profile of a man from the chest up, facing right. He has a prominent nose, a full beard, curly hair under a cap, and is wearing a textured outer garment with a patterned standing collar. The background is a textured gradient darkening towards the right side. Below the image is a caption that reads "ANDREAS VELLEIVS," framed with a decorative border.
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The image shows a side profile of a man from the chest up, facing right. He has a prominent nose, a full beard, curly hair under a cap, and is wearing a textured outer garment with a patterned standing collar. The background is a textured gradient darkening towards the right side. Below the image is a caption that reads "ANDREAS VELLEIVS," framed with a decorative border.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Andreas Velleius (Anders Sorensen Vedel)

Johan Wierix

Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (cut within platemark): 31 x 21.4 cm (12 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2006.102.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Flemish
  • engraving
  • Hat
  • Portrait
  • Man
  • Writing
Provenance

(Nicolaas Teeuwisse, Berlin); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in plate: JH.W.; by later hand, in tablet at bottom of image: ANDREAS VELLEIVS

NGA object ID 136120. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.