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The image shows a man in a seated pose from the waist up. He has one hand resting on a surface with a patterned cloth and the other hand on his chest. He has a mustache, a small pointed beard, wide eyes, wavy shoulder-length hair, and is dressed in period-appropriate attire with a wide-collared shirt and a dark cloak or gown. The background features columns and elegant drapery, suggesting a refined environment.
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The image shows a man in a seated pose from the waist up. He has one hand resting on a surface with a patterned cloth and the other hand on his chest. He has a mustache, a small pointed beard, wide eyes, wavy shoulder-length hair, and is dressed in period-appropriate attire with a wide-collared shirt and a dark cloak or gown. The background features columns and elegant drapery, suggesting a refined environment.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alexander More

after Crispijn de Passe I

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 31.7 × 22.8 cm (12 1/2 × 9 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.918
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Unknown
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 38556. 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.