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The image shows an upper-body portrait of a man in an oval frame. The man is posed facing forward with his body turned slightly to his right. He has a mustache and a pointed beard, styled hair, and wears elaborate clothing from a historical period style. Surrounding the portrait is an inscription, with Latin text below it, alongside the engraver's signature and date, "L. Kilian. sculps: 1621." The background is filled with a hatched pattern.
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The image shows an upper-body portrait of a man in an oval frame. The man is posed facing forward with his body turned slightly to his right. He has a mustache and a pointed beard, styled hair, and wears elaborate clothing from a historical period style. Surrounding the portrait is an inscription, with Latin text below it, alongside the engraver's signature and date, "L. Kilian. sculps: 1621." The background is filled with a hatched pattern.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Augustus II, Duke of Brunswick

Lucas Kilian

Date
1621
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 11.5 × 6.4 cm (4 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.68
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1950.

NGA object ID 37706. 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.