The image features an engraved portrait of a man, depicted from the chest up. He is facing slightly to the right with his head turned towards the viewer. The man has aged facial features, including lines around his eyes and forehead, along with a neatly trimmed mustache and goatee. His hair is styled back, revealing a high forehead and receding hairline. He is dressed in a dark, buttoned-up garment with a broad, white pleated collar. The engraving is set within an oval frame, with an ornate band containing text below the image. The background features fine crosshatching.
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The image features an engraved portrait of a man, depicted from the chest up. He is facing slightly to the right with his head turned towards the viewer. The man has aged facial features, including lines around his eyes and forehead, along with a neatly trimmed mustache and goatee. His hair is styled back, revealing a high forehead and receding hairline. He is dressed in a dark, buttoned-up garment with a broad, white pleated collar. The engraving is set within an oval frame, with an ornate band containing text below the image. The background features fine crosshatching.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Andreas Rivetus, Doctor of Divinity and Professor

Hendrik Hondius I

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 22.9 × 17 cm (9 × 6 11/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.1039
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E

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 38677. 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.