This is a portrait showing the upper half of a man's body. The man is positioned facing slightly to the left, with his head turned to look at the viewer. He has an oval face with a prominent mustache, a high forehead, and his hair is short and slicked back, appearing dark in color. The man is dressed in armor with a prominent, wide collar typical of the 17th-century style, and he wears a decorative sash over one shoulder. His right hand is holding a baton or staff, which extends across the lower section of the image. The background is plain with a lined texture, and the portrait is set within an oval frame that contains inscribed text. The outer area of the image also contains additional text beneath the portrait.
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This is a portrait showing the upper half of a man's body. The man is positioned facing slightly to the left, with his head turned to look at the viewer. He has an oval face with a prominent mustache, a high forehead, and his hair is short and slicked back, appearing dark in color. The man is dressed in armor with a prominent, wide collar typical of the 17th-century style, and he wears a decorative sash over one shoulder. His right hand is holding a baton or staff, which extends across the lower section of the image. The background is plain with a lined texture, and the portrait is set within an oval frame that contains inscribed text. The outer area of the image also contains additional text beneath the portrait.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Albrecht Wenzel Euscbius von Wallenstein

Wolfgang Philipp Kilian

Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 17.5 × 11.8 cm (6 7/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
Classification
Print · Historical Portrait
Accession number
1950.14.1203
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • German
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 38841. 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.