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The image shows a man from the waist up, positioned slightly turned to his left as he looks directly forward. He has a trimmed beard and mustache, with short-cropped hair. The man is dressed in intricately designed armor with a ruffed collar made of lace around his neck. His right hand rests on the handle of a sword, while his left hand is by his side. He is also wearing a chain with a medallion hanging from his neck. In the background on the right, there is an elaborately decorated helmet with feathers on a table or pedestal, against a dark, textured surface.
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The image shows a man from the waist up, positioned slightly turned to his left as he looks directly forward. He has a trimmed beard and mustache, with short-cropped hair. The man is dressed in intricately designed armor with a ruffed collar made of lace around his neck. His right hand rests on the handle of a sword, while his left hand is by his side. He is also wearing a chain with a medallion hanging from his neck. In the background on the right, there is an elaborately decorated helmet with feathers on a table or pedestal, against a dark, textured surface.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ambroise Spinola, Spanish General in the Low Countries

Jan Muller after Michiel van Miereveld

Date
1615
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 41 × 29 cm (16 1/8 × 11 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.1138
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
Provenance

Unidentified private collector (not in Lugt). 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 38776. 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.