The image is a black and white illustration showing the upper body of a man in a seated position. The man has distinctive facial features, with deep-set eyes, prominent cheekbones, and a broad forehead. He has a serious expression and an elongated face, and his hair is shoulder-length, slightly wavy, and tucked under a cap. He wears a robe with a wide, turned-down collar and a cap on his head. There is a hint of detail in the robe, suggesting a soft, flowing texture. His hands are partially visible, resting at the lower part of the image. The background shows an arch, suggesting he might be seated near or within an architectural structure. The border of the page is plain, with some decorative text at the top and a round stamp at the bottom.
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The image is a black and white illustration showing the upper body of a man in a seated position. The man has distinctive facial features, with deep-set eyes, prominent cheekbones, and a broad forehead. He has a serious expression and an elongated face, and his hair is shoulder-length, slightly wavy, and tucked under a cap. He wears a robe with a wide, turned-down collar and a cap on his head. There is a hint of detail in the robe, suggesting a soft, flowing texture. His hands are partially visible, resting at the lower part of the image. The background shows an arch, suggesting he might be seated near or within an architectural structure. The border of the page is plain, with some decorative text at the top and a round stamp at the bottom.

National Gallery of Art · Volume

Annotationes Othonis Brunfelsii...in quatuor Euangelia & Acta Apostolorum...

Hans Baldung Grien, Otto Brunfels (author)

Date
1535
Medium
bound volume with 1 woodcut portrait of the author by Hans Baldung Grien on the verso of the titlepage
Dimensions
book: 29.3 × 21.2 × 3.5 cm (11 9/16 × 8 3/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
Classification
Volume · Print
Accession number
2014.139.3
Credit line
Anonymous Gift
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • woodcut
  • Botany
Provenance

Ministerii Cellenfir (stamp on woodcut, not in Lugt). [Eldecomm?] Ernesti (stamp on titlepage, not in Lugt). Anonymous gift to NGA, 2014.

Inscription

inside upper cover in graphite upper right: 2113; upper left: 1028/* / 3 Ee 115 / k; inside lower cover in graphite upper right: 157873; center: 1912: 523 / Tl 1576

NGA object ID 169150. 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.