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The image shows a person in elaborate clothing holding a spear. They have one hand on their hip, wearing a hat with a feather, and have a serious expression. The background includes architectural elements, decorations, hunting dogs, and a deer in a forest landscape.
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The image shows a person in elaborate clothing holding a spear. They have one hand on their hip, wearing a hat with a feather, and have a serious expression. The background includes architectural elements, decorations, hunting dogs, and a deer in a forest landscape.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Swiss Guard before an Ornamental Arch (recto)

Abraham Bickhart

Date
1568
Medium
pen and black ink with gray wash on red prepared laid paper, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions
sheet: 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2009.38.2.a
Credit line
Gift of Dian Woodner in Memory of Her Father Ian Woodner
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • military
Provenance

Dr. W. Hugelshofer until 1928; Dr. Hugo von Ziegler [1890-1966]; (sale, Sotheby's New York, 28 January 2009, no. 4); (via Jean-Luc Baroni), purchased 2009 by NGA.

Inscription

lower right in white gouache: AB 1568

NGA object ID 142946. 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.