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The image is an engraving of a man's upper torso. He is turned slightly to the left, holding a long paddle-like object in his right hand. The man has a long, full beard and mustache, wavy hair, and a furrowed brow. He is dressed in a draped garment, possibly a toga, fastened with a brooch. The oval-framed image includes two cherubic figures above the man and illustrations of sea creatures at the bottom corners. The background is densely hatched, with a Latin inscription circling the oval border and a passage of text at the bottom.
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The image is an engraving of a man's upper torso. He is turned slightly to the left, holding a long paddle-like object in his right hand. The man has a long, full beard and mustache, wavy hair, and a furrowed brow. He is dressed in a draped garment, possibly a toga, fastened with a brooch. The oval-framed image includes two cherubic figures above the man and illustrations of sea creatures at the bottom corners. The background is densely hatched, with a Latin inscription circling the oval border and a passage of text at the bottom.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Andrea Doria

Crispijn de Passe I

Date
published 1598
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
plate: 13.7 × 10 cm (5 3/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.359
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
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 37997. 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.