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The image shows a man in a bust-length portrait in a three-quarter view, facing slightly left. The man has a beard, mustache, short hair swept back, and is wearing detailed, collared attire with a ruffled collar peeking over a dark garment. He holds a baton over his shoulder with one visible hand. In the background, there is an archway and a floral design with long leaves and blossoms. The setting is enclosed in an oval border with an inscription in Latin below the portrait.
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The image shows a man in a bust-length portrait in a three-quarter view, facing slightly left. The man has a beard, mustache, short hair swept back, and is wearing detailed, collared attire with a ruffled collar peeking over a dark garment. He holds a baton over his shoulder with one visible hand. In the background, there is an archway and a floral design with long leaves and blossoms. The setting is enclosed in an oval border with an inscription in Latin below the portrait.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma

Pieter de Jode II after Otto van Veen

Date
1638/1644
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 16 × 12.3 cm (6 5/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.455
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Theatre of Portraits

Subjects and terms

  • Flemish
Provenance

Bindon Blood [died 1855], Ennis, (L.3011). 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 38093. 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.